“Let Us Vote”- A Movement to Lower the Voting Age to 16

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More than 50 years ago, at the height of the Vietnam War, millions of young people who could not vote were nevertheless energized to become politically active and demand an end to the War as well as other issues involving social and economic justice.

As a result of the anti-war, civil rights, and environmental issues, many young people who were politically active even…