{"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\/pt\/press\/telegrama-e-boletim-informativo-a-reducao-da-idade-de-voto-reforca-a-democracia-o-envolvimento-civico-em-massa\/","title":{"rendered":"Telegram e Gazette: Reduzir a idade para votar fortalece a democracia e o engajamento c\u00edvico em 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>Esta opini\u00e3o foi publicada originalmente no 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\/\">Leia aqui.<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>\r\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Os jovens est\u00e3o mantendo nossa democracia viva. Em 2020, a participa\u00e7\u00e3o eleitoral entre estudantes universit\u00e1rios saltou para\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|${u}\">um impressionante 66%<\/a>, superando a participa\u00e7\u00e3o do p\u00fablico em geral e mostrando ao resto do pa\u00eds que a Gera\u00e7\u00e3o Z pode fazer muito mais do que apenas postar on-line sobre quest\u00f5es que s\u00e3o importantes para eles.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">E n\u00e3o terminou em 2020. Embora as elei\u00e7\u00f5es de meio de mandato geralmente tenham baixa participa\u00e7\u00e3o, impressionantes 28,4% de jovens votaram nas elei\u00e7\u00f5es de meio de mandato de 2022. An\u00e1lise de dados do Censo por\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/protect-us.mimecast.com\/s\/kzn7CERXz9Sp3kz30ip0k6o?domain=circle.tufts.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|${u}\">Universidade Tufts<\/a>\u00a0mostra que os jovens votaram em uma taxa maior naquela elei\u00e7\u00e3o do que os millennials (23%), a gera\u00e7\u00e3o X (23,5%) e os baby boomers (27,9%) fizeram nas elei\u00e7\u00f5es de meio de mandato nas quais puderam participar pela primeira vez. Onde essa energia est\u00e1 faltando, no entanto, \u00e9 nas elei\u00e7\u00f5es locais em Massachusetts, que tiveram taxas de comparecimento historicamente baixas na \u00faltima d\u00e9cada.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Ao darmos um tapinha nas costas dos jovens por sua impressionante taxa de engajamento c\u00edvico, tamb\u00e9m dever\u00edamos promulgar pol\u00edticas que os incentivem a se envolver mais cedo e permanecerem engajados. Uma maneira poderosa de motivar os jovens a continuar participando \u00e9 faz\u00ea-los votar mais cedo, permitindo que os munic\u00edpios reduzam a idade de vota\u00e7\u00e3o para elei\u00e7\u00f5es locais para 16 ou 17 anos.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Governos locais em\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|${u}\">muitos munic\u00edpios<\/a>\u00a0em todo Massachusetts \u2014 incluindo\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/protect-us.mimecast.com\/s\/r3fYCJ6K0qiKqg2qASvvOaF?domain=bostonglobe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|${u}\">Boston<\/a>, Cambridge, Lowell e Somerville \u2014 enviaram \u201cpeti\u00e7\u00f5es de autonomia\u201d \u00e0 Legislatura estadual solicitando formalmente a autoridade para reduzir a idade de voto para elei\u00e7\u00f5es locais. Este processo burocr\u00e1tico poderia ser eliminado com a aprova\u00e7\u00e3o do<em>e\u00a0<\/em>Lei EMPOWER apresentada pelo Deputado Andr\u00e9s Vargas como\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|${u}\">H.725<\/a>\u00a0e pela senadora Rebecca Rausch como\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/protect-us.mimecast.com\/s\/zqEqCL91K8fQRlgRwtr-XBS?domain=malegislature.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|${u}\">S.438<\/a>, o que daria aos governos municipais o poder de aprovar reformas eleitorais sem exigir aprova\u00e7\u00e3o estadual.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Massachusetts j\u00e1 permite que pessoas a partir dos 16 anos fa\u00e7am o pr\u00e9-registro para votar, e por um bom motivo.\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|${u}\">Estudos<\/a>\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/protect-us.mimecast.com\/s\/ICK7CNkKM9Cj0wQ0Ptybrw2?domain=tandfonline.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|${u}\">mostraram<\/a>\u00a0que incutir a import\u00e2ncia do voto nos jovens \u00e9 crucial para estabelecer o voto como um h\u00e1bito para toda a vida.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Sabemos que votar \u00e9 um h\u00e1bito. Ao permitir que os jovens votem enquanto ainda vivem com os pais, em comunidades \u00e0s quais est\u00e3o conectados, antes de completarem 18 anos e entrarem em uma d\u00e9cada de mobilidade que pode contribuir para a baixa participa\u00e7\u00e3o, estamos preparando-os para serem cidad\u00e3os engajados nas pr\u00f3ximas d\u00e9cadas. Iniciativas semelhantes t\u00eam sido tremendamente bem-sucedidas em\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|${u}\">Parque Takoma<\/a>\u00a0e\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/protect-us.mimecast.com\/s\/rYmoCPNKOZS3KJ2KNSQZ-ig?domain=civic.umd.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|${u}\">Hyattsville<\/a>, Maryland.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Massachusetts tem a oportunidade de ser l\u00edder no engajamento de jovens. \u00c0 medida que mais americanos eleg\u00edveis participam de nossas elei\u00e7\u00f5es, nossa democracia se torna mais forte. Reduzir a idade de voto em elei\u00e7\u00f5es municipais tem benef\u00edcios comprovados e nenhuma desvantagem percept\u00edvel.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Os jovens j\u00e1 s\u00e3o participantes ativos em nossas comunidades. Eles t\u00eam empregos e carteiras de motorista, pagam impostos e podem se voluntariar para campanhas e iniciativas pol\u00edticas. Seus colegas mais velhos est\u00e3o aparecendo em massa para usar suas vozes e votar.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Como as elei\u00e7\u00f5es municipais sofrem com baixa participa\u00e7\u00e3o, pense no que poder\u00edamos realizar se permit\u00edssemos que um grupo de jovens engajados e animados participasse tamb\u00e9m. Se voc\u00ea quer ver isso acontecer, entre em contato com seus representantes e diga a eles para aprovarem H.725 e 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\/pt\/press-releases\/telegram-and-gazette-lowering-voting-age-bolsters-democracy-civic-engagement-in-mass\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"pt_PT\" \/>\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\/pt\/press\/telegrama-e-boletim-informativo-a-reducao-da-idade-de-voto-reforca-a-democracia-o-envolvimento-civico-em-massa\/\" \/>\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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