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TAKOMA PARK, Md. 鈥?Conlan Marks has lived and worked in the same town his entire life, and he still can t get enough. I love Takoma Park, he said. Marks said his deep sense of community comes largely from when he voted at the age of 16 in the Takoma Park, Maryland, municipal elections. We live in a very small town. You have a lot of power with your vote, he said. About a decade ago, Takoma Park became the first American city to lower the voting age to 16 for all city elections. As of today, the Maryland towns of Hyattsville, Greenbelt, Riverdale and Mount Rainier have followed suit. Young people want to have a say on the issues that affect them, Andrew Wilkes said. He s leading the national push for Vote 16 USA, which advocates lowering the voting age in local elections. Wilkes said for school board elections only, voters have already decided to drop the age in Oakland and Berkeley, California. The issue is officially on the ballot in Culver City, California, this November and Vote 16 USA plans to campaign in San Francisco and Washington, D.C. When cities that have that kind of disproportionate influence elect to l
stanley mugs ower the voting age, I think we ll begin to see something like a domino effect, Wilkes said. The younger generation is very
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stanley cup aid. She predicts if the idea of voting in local elections at the age of 16 builds in U.S. cities coast to coast, that could result in deeper engagement in state and national politi Odef IT JUST BROKE ME : Grandmother opens up about 5-year-old crash victim, charges pending for child s father
MISSION, Texas 鈥?Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and 10 other Republican governors laid out 10 actions Wednesday that they believe the Biden administration should take to address the border crisis.The like-minded governors of Arizona, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Montana, Nebraska,
stanley termosy Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Wyoming joined Abbott at a press conference about unauthorized immigration at about 1 p.m. ET.The state leaders discussed actions that theyre taking to keep communities safe and outlined steps they say the federal government could take to help secure the border.Abbott shared the first three actions the governors are suggesting.He said the Biden administration should reinstate the remain in Mexico protocols, which require asylum seekers to remain in Mexico while awaiting their court hearing. The Bi
stanley termosky den administration must finish securing the border, which includes, among other things, finishing the border wall, he said.He also said Biden should enforce Title 42 health restrictions at the border.
stanley becher After Abbott, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey suggested three more actions the administration could take, including dedicating federal resources needed to irradicate human trafficking and drug trafficking along the southern border. We need additional resources to fight drug cartels, arrest offenders, support victims, and prevent lethal and dangerous drugs from reaching American cities and schools across our country, said Ducey.Ducey added that the governors believe the U.S. should reenter all agree
