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Student representative says youth council is advancing municipal voting‑age initiative
Summary
Nico, Wakefield High School’s student representative, told commissioners the youth council is preparing publicity and FAQs for a municipal voting‑age reduction initiative (to lower the town voting age to 16 for municipal elections).
Nico, the Wakefield High School student representative, told the Commission on Disabilities on June 1 that the youth council is working on publicity and FAQs for a municipal voting‑age reduction initiative. The proposal would lower the voting age for municipal elections to 16, limited to town contests such as town council races, organizers said.
Nico said the group is in an early publicity phase and preparing outreach materials. Commissioners reacted to the initiative as a civic education opportunity and encouraged continued outreach; no formal commission action was taken on the proposal at this meeting.
