'We're just trying to make sure that we create a stable and a sustainable democracy.'
. The bill failed to pass, but it spoke to the movement’s growing strength. This November, San Francisco could become the first major U.S. city to extend the right to vote to 16- and 17-year-olds when voters decide on aIt's an initiative that’s come a long way in recent years, according to Arianna Nassiri, 17, a member of the San Francisco Youth Commission, who worked on this proposal and another that went before the city’s voters in 2016, butby just 4% of the vote.
“[Like] most movements that try to expand suffrage...it’s bringing as many voices of people who can speak to their lived experiences as possible,” says Tyler Okeke, 18.
Modeling habitual voting is particularly important for young girls to see and engage in as early as possible. “Girls get subtle and sometimes not-so-subtle messages from our society that they don’t know enough or don’t have enough right to have a strong opinion, or should just...accept things as they are,” Lara Kaufmann, director of public policy for Girls Inc., tells. “We want to make sure girls...
Others activists, like Ella Yitzhaki, from San Francisco, are taking a different route to engage and expand the youth vote. In June, Ella, 18,
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