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Students ask District 196 board to back lowering school‑election voting age to 16
Summary
Six high school students spoke at the March 10 District 196 school board meeting urging the board to adopt a resolution of support for pending bills that would permit 16‑ and 17‑year‑olds to vote in school board elections. Speakers cited research and examples from other countries and asked for continued dialogue with district leaders.
Six students representing multiple District 196 high schools asked the school board on March 10 to adopt a resolution of support for bills that would allow 16‑ and 17‑year‑olds to vote in school board elections.
At the start of the public comment period, Kyle Chen, a sophomore (Eagan High School), said he and 27 students and four teachers had come to ask the board to adopt the resolution and handed the board a policy memo. "Today at 4, at 04:42PM, I joined 25,000 people across the state to apply to pre register to vote," Chen said, adding that the students had submitted materials the board had at its desks.
The group asked the board to endorse language tied to bills the speakers cited. Speakers used several bill identifiers in…
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