{"id":381,"date":"2023-11-27T11:40:48","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T16:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/press-releases\/telegram-and-gazette-lowering-voting-age-bolsters-democracy-civic-engagement-in-mass\/"},"modified":"2023-11-27T11:40:48","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T16:40:48","slug":"telegram-and-gazette-lowering-voting-age-bolsters-democracy-civic-engagement-in-mass","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/fr\/press\/telegramme-et-gazette-abaissant-lage-de-vote-renforcent-la-democratie-et-lengagement-civique-de-masse\/","title":{"rendered":"T\u00e9l\u00e9gramme et Gazette : L&#039;abaissement de l&#039;\u00e2ge du vote renforce la d\u00e9mocratie et l&#039;engagement civique dans le Massachusetts."},"template":"","class_list":["post-381","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-news-clip"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"\"As we give young folks a pat on the back for their impressive rate of civic engagement, we should also enact policies that encourage them to get involved earlier and stay engaged.\"","featured_image":"","press_type":155,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"56\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":154}","{\"site_id\":\"56\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":382}","{\"site_id\":\"56\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":383}"],"related_issues":[85,109,462],"related_work":false,"location":24},"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":"<em>Cet avis a \u00e9t\u00e9 initialement publi\u00e9 dans le Worcester Telegram and Gazette. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegram.com\/story\/opinion\/columns\/guest\/2023\/11\/26\/dev-chatterjee-column-on-lowering-voting-age-in-massachusetts\/71666326007\/\">Lisez-le ici.<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>\r\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Les jeunes maintiennent notre d\u00e9mocratie en vie. En 2020, la participation \u00e9lectorale des \u00e9tudiants a bondi \u00e0\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/protect-us.mimecast.com\/s\/02LLCDkZy9C35DW5JS5yNco?domain=bostonglobe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|${u}\">un 66% stup\u00e9fiant<\/a>, d\u00e9passant le taux de participation du grand public et montrant au reste du pays que la g\u00e9n\u00e9ration Z peut faire bien plus que simplement publier en ligne sur les questions qui les concernent.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Et cela ne s&#039;est pas arr\u00eat\u00e9 en 2020. Bien que les \u00e9lections de mi-mandat connaissent g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement une faible participation, un nombre impressionnant de 28,4% de jeunes ont vot\u00e9 aux \u00e9lections de mi-mandat de 2022. Analyse des donn\u00e9es du recensement par\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/protect-us.mimecast.com\/s\/kzn7CERXz9Sp3kz30ip0k6o?domain=circle.tufts.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|${u}\">Universit\u00e9 Tufts<\/a>\u00a0Les r\u00e9sultats de l&#039;enqu\u00eate montrent que les jeunes ont vot\u00e9 \u00e0 un taux plus \u00e9lev\u00e9 lors de ces \u00e9lections que les millennials (23%), la g\u00e9n\u00e9ration X (23,5%) et les baby-boomers (27,9%) lors des \u00e9lections de mi-mandat auxquelles ils pouvaient participer pour la premi\u00e8re fois. Cette \u00e9nergie fait toutefois d\u00e9faut lors des \u00e9lections locales dans le Massachusetts, o\u00f9 le taux de participation est historiquement bas depuis dix ans.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Tout comme nous f\u00e9licitons les jeunes pour leur taux impressionnant d\u2019engagement civique, nous devons \u00e9galement adopter des politiques qui les encouragent \u00e0 s\u2019impliquer plus t\u00f4t et \u00e0 rester engag\u00e9s. Un moyen efficace de motiver les jeunes \u00e0 continuer \u00e0 participer est de les inciter \u00e0 voter plus t\u00f4t, en permettant aux municipalit\u00e9s d\u2019abaisser l\u2019\u00e2ge du vote aux \u00e9lections locales \u00e0 16 ou 17 ans.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Les gouvernements locaux en\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/protect-us.mimecast.com\/s\/VIFmCG6XB5iA12P1OCQeWwl?domain=vote16usa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|${u}\">de nombreuses municipalit\u00e9s<\/a>\u00a0dans tout le Massachusetts \u2014 y compris\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/protect-us.mimecast.com\/s\/r3fYCJ6K0qiKqg2qASvvOaF?domain=bostonglobe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|${u}\">Boston<\/a>Cambridge, Lowell et Somerville \u2014 ont envoy\u00e9 des \u00ab p\u00e9titions d\u2019autonomie locale \u00bb \u00e0 l\u2019Assembl\u00e9e l\u00e9gislative de l\u2019\u00c9tat demandant officiellement l\u2019autorisation d\u2019abaisser l\u2019\u00e2ge de vote pour les \u00e9lections locales. Ce processus bureaucratique pourrait \u00eatre \u00e9limin\u00e9 avec l\u2019adoption de la loi<em>et\u00a0<\/em>Loi EMPOWER d\u00e9pos\u00e9e par le repr\u00e9sentant Andres Vargas en tant que\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/protect-us.mimecast.com\/s\/k2FvCKr7JZf42ZY2MuGgdC-?domain=malegislature.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|${u}\">H.725<\/a>\u00a0et par la s\u00e9natrice Rebecca Rausch comme\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/protect-us.mimecast.com\/s\/zqEqCL91K8fQRlgRwtr-XBS?domain=malegislature.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|${u}\">Art. 438<\/a>, qui donnerait aux gouvernements municipaux le pouvoir d\u2019adopter des r\u00e9formes \u00e9lectorales sans n\u00e9cessiter l\u2019approbation de l\u2019\u00c9tat.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Le Massachusetts permet d\u00e9j\u00e0 aux personnes d\u00e8s 16 ans de s\u2019inscrire \u00e0 l\u2019avance pour voter, et pour une bonne raison.\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/protect-us.mimecast.com\/s\/v2LXCM8KLQHzqvLqkuPcgUy?domain=uknowledge.uky.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|${u}\">\u00c9tudes<\/a>\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/protect-us.mimecast.com\/s\/ICK7CNkKM9Cj0wQ0Ptybrw2?domain=tandfonline.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|${u}\">ont montr\u00e9<\/a>\u00a0qu\u2019il est essentiel d\u2019inculquer l\u2019importance du vote aux jeunes pour faire du vote une habitude \u00e0 vie.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Nous savons que voter est une habitude. En permettant aux jeunes de voter alors qu&#039;ils vivent encore chez leurs parents, dans des communaut\u00e9s auxquelles ils sont li\u00e9s, avant d&#039;avoir 18 ans et d&#039;entrer dans une d\u00e9cennie de mobilit\u00e9 qui peut contribuer \u00e0 une faible participation, nous les pr\u00e9parons \u00e0 \u00eatre des citoyens engag\u00e9s pour les d\u00e9cennies \u00e0 venir. Des initiatives similaires ont connu un \u00e9norme succ\u00e8s\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/protect-us.mimecast.com\/s\/58ZGCOYXNyhvpEgpZUwzS1o?domain=governing.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|${u}\">Parc Takoma<\/a>\u00a0et\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/protect-us.mimecast.com\/s\/rYmoCPNKOZS3KJ2KNSQZ-ig?domain=civic.umd.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|${u}\">Hyattsville<\/a>, Maryland.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Le Massachusetts a la possibilit\u00e9 de devenir un chef de file en mati\u00e8re d\u2019engagement des jeunes. \u00c0 mesure que davantage d\u2019Am\u00e9ricains \u00e9ligibles participent \u00e0 nos \u00e9lections, notre d\u00e9mocratie se renforce. L\u2019abaissement de l\u2019\u00e2ge de vote aux \u00e9lections municipales pr\u00e9sente des avantages av\u00e9r\u00e9s et ne pr\u00e9sente aucun inconv\u00e9nient perceptible.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Les jeunes participent d\u00e9j\u00e0 activement \u00e0 la vie de nos communaut\u00e9s. Ils ont un emploi, un permis de conduire, paient des imp\u00f4ts et peuvent se porter volontaires pour des campagnes et des initiatives politiques. Leurs pairs plus \u00e2g\u00e9s se mobilisent en masse pour faire entendre leur voix et voter.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Alors que les \u00e9lections municipales connaissent une faible participation, r\u00e9fl\u00e9chissons \u00e0 ce que nous pourrions accomplir si nous permettions \u00e0 un groupe de jeunes engag\u00e9s et enthousiastes de participer \u00e9galement. Si vous voulez que cela se produise, contactez vos repr\u00e9sentants et demandez-leur d&#039;adopter les projets de loi H.725 et S.438.<\/p>"}}]},"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>Telegram and Gazette: Lowering voting age bolsters democracy, civic engagement in Mass. - Common Cause Massachusetts<\/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\/massachusetts\/fr\/press-releases\/telegram-and-gazette-lowering-voting-age-bolsters-democracy-civic-engagement-in-mass\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Telegram and Gazette: Lowering voting age bolsters democracy, civic engagement in Mass.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/fr\/press\/telegramme-et-gazette-abaissant-lage-de-vote-renforcent-la-democratie-et-lengagement-civique-de-masse\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause Massachusetts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/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\/massachusetts\/press-releases\/telegram-and-gazette-lowering-voting-age-bolsters-democracy-civic-engagement-in-mass\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/press-releases\/telegram-and-gazette-lowering-voting-age-bolsters-democracy-civic-engagement-in-mass\/\",\"name\":\"Telegram and Gazette: Lowering voting age bolsters democracy, civic engagement in Mass. - 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