{"id":249,"date":"2023-11-08T14:01:52","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T19:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/maryland\/press-releases\/rockville-voters-miss-opportunity-to-lower-voting-age-to-16-for-local-elections\/"},"modified":"2023-11-08T14:01:52","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T19:01:52","slug":"rockville-voters-miss-opportunity-to-lower-voting-age-to-16-for-local-elections","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/maryland\/press\/rockville-voters-miss-opportunity-to-lower-voting-age-to-16-for-local-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockville Voters Miss Opportunity to Lower Voting Age to 16 for Local Elections"},"template":"","class_list":["post-249","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"\u201cThis measure may have failed, but the power of young people remains.\u201d","featured_image":"","press_type":145,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":7852}"],"related_issues":[85,109,442],"related_work":false,"location":23},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<div>Yesterday, voters in Rockville, Maryland rejected a ballot measure to allow 16 and 17-year-olds to vote in local elections.<\/div>\r\n<div><\/div>\r\n<div>\u201cWe are encouraged because community leaders serving on the city\u2019s charter review commission saw an opportunity to advance pro-democracy reforms and took it ,\u201d said <strong>Joanne Antoine, executive director of Common Cause Maryland<\/strong>. \u201cAnd while the voters ultimately decided not to approve many of the questions on the ballot this election, the city\u2019s decision to explore innovative options from ranked choice voting to lowering the voting age indicates that residents want to move towards more inclusive city elections. With more public education, I believe they will in the near future.<\/div>\r\n<div><\/div>\r\n<div>\u201cThis is disappointing for the young people of Rockville, but we are hopeful that they will use their enthusiasm to remain civically engaged,\u201d said <strong>Alyssa Canty, director of youth programs at Common Cause<\/strong>. \u201cThis measure may have failed, but the power of young people remains.\u201d<\/div>\r\n<div><\/div>\r\n<div>Other localities in Maryland like Takoma Park, Hyattsville, Greenbelt, Riverdale Park, and Mount Rainier have passed initiatives to lower the voting age for local elections in recent years.<\/div>\r\n<div><\/div>\r\n<div>While voters chose not to approve the questions this election, Maryland continues to be a leader in the nationwide movement to give young people a voice in elections. From California to Massachusetts, many localities have passed or are in the process of advancing measures that give young people more options to participate in our elections. For more information on these efforts, visit Common Cause\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/emerging-power\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alliance for Emerging Power<\/a>.<\/div>"}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rockville Voters Miss Opportunity to Lower Voting Age to 16 for Local Elections - Common Cause Maryland<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/maryland\/press-releases\/rockville-voters-miss-opportunity-to-lower-voting-age-to-16-for-local-elections\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rockville Voters Miss Opportunity to Lower Voting Age to 16 for Local Elections\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/maryland\/press\/rockville-voters-miss-opportunity-to-lower-voting-age-to-16-for-local-elections\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause Maryland\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/maryland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/common-cause-share-image.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/maryland\/press-releases\/rockville-voters-miss-opportunity-to-lower-voting-age-to-16-for-local-elections\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/maryland\/press-releases\/rockville-voters-miss-opportunity-to-lower-voting-age-to-16-for-local-elections\/\",\"name\":\"Rockville Voters Miss Opportunity to Lower Voting Age to 16 for Local Elections - 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