Sixteen- and 17-year-olds in one Vermont town will be able to vote in local elections and serve on the community's select board if elected.
Sixteen- and 17-year-olds in one prominent Vermont town will be able to vote in local elections and serve on the community's selectboard if elected, after the Democrat-controlled state Legislature overrode the Republican governor's veto of the Brattleboro charter change.
“This may stem the tide of youth moving out of town,” said Kurt Daims, director of Brattleboro Common Sense, in a statement.Sign up for NECN newsletters. If approved by the state, Boston will be one of the largest cities in the country to give 16- and 17-year-old residents the right to vote in local elections.
“Vermont is an aging state and we're a state that really prides ourself on democracy and participation," she said pointing to the annual town meeting tradition."I think the more we can do to bring youth into that process so that they learn the skills and practice the skills of participation and politics with sort of a lower case “p” the stronger our communities will be and the more I think folks will feel tied to their communities.
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