We’ve now had the sixth run of #16tovote on the 16th! As usual, we all got on Twitter and tweeted why we want a lower voting age, with the #16tovote hashtag. This was the second time it’s been on a Friday. It had a lot of the usual spouting of short talking points, and it even got a bit conversational here and there. The next will be Monday, August 16, of course. As usual, here’s the recap!
youthrights And now… #16tovote on the 16th!!!! Here are Top 10 Reasons to Lower the Voting Age! http://www.youthrights.org/vote10.php
youthrights What countries are looking to lower the voting age to 16? For one, Australia! http://bit.ly/9GPh2M #16tovote
SnipeMe NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION!!! Over 2 centuries later, ppl are still getting taxed without being represented. #16tovote
youthrights #16tovote on the 16th has begun! On the 16th of every month, youth rights supporters on Twitter tweet and retweet… http://fb.me/CTo1cJeY
nyradc While needs to be updated, here’s our chapter’s page on lowering the voting age! http://bit.ly/987pxm #16tovote
nyradc Here’s the video of the 7/10/10 hearing. http://bit.ly/audXrw Our own Connell Wise speaks about lowering the voting age at 59:45! #16tovote
teh_maxh Florida has a little secret: you only have to be #16tovote.
sciville If you don’t support lowering the voting age, you have no business complaining about low voter turnout. #16tovote
youthrights Is that so? How do you mean? RT @teh_maxh: Florida has a little secret: you only have to be #16tovote.
youthrights Oh, ok, gotcha! #16tovote RT @teh_maxh: @youthrights Voter registration starts at age sixteen. Registered voters can of course vote.
arclights The voting age: discrimination made constitutional. #16tovote — or better, #0tovote
arclights “But the kids will just vote for the hot, charming candidate.” “You mean, like Obama or Palin?” #16tovote
arclights “With education as bad as it is, can we trust students to vote?” “Adult voters made it that bad.” #16tovote
arclights “Teens don’t know enough to vote.” “They know how the law oppresses teens.” #16tovote
arclights “Kids should learn more US history before voting.” “Like, ‘no taxation without representation’?” #16tovote
youthrights @TheKhaetlyn Don’t know. That’s what @teh_maxh was saying anyway. He’s 17 and has registered to vote. May try to vote! #16tovote
arclights Parents’ votes represent their kids the way Englishmen’s votes represented Americans: only in the officials’ imaginations. #16tovote
arclights If we lower the voting age to 16, we won’t have to have #16tovote on the 16th anymore. (Then we can have #14tovote on the 14th…)
youthrights Off to a nice start! It’s #16tovote on the 16th! If you support lowering the voting age, speak up! That’s the whole idea. 
Khaetlyn With public schools in the shape that they are, can we really afford to not let those students vote on school issues? #16tovote
sciville “16: Old Enough to Vote” – http://bit.ly/djpAt6 – First ordered those stickers for @youthrights nearly 4 years ago! Buy one! #16tovote
teh_maxh @arclights But what will we do when we get to #0tovote? Last day of the previous month? #16tovote is easier.
youthrights Hope you’re all having a lovely summer morning on this #16tovote on the 16th! Now let’s talk about lowering that pesky voting age! 
youthrights “Teens would just vote like their parents.” You mean… someone might vote the same as someone else?! *gasp* Oh, no! 
#16tovote
hardymacia #16tovote why 16 and not 15? What about if you pay more in taxes than you receive in govt benefits you can vote?
youthrights Certainly, @hardymacia @arclights, lowering the voting age to 16 is a viable goal right now, but we have nothing against younger. #16tovote
youthrights Valid political opinions begin well before age 18. Let’s give them a real VOICE! Lower the voting age! #16tovote
Khaetlyn Contrary to popular belief, valid political opinions don’t magically form and hold more weight when someone turns 18. #16tovote
Khaetlyn At 16, you can legally work, pay taxes, but don’t have a say in how your tax money is spent. #16tovote
Khaetlyn The last time there was taxation without representation, it started a revolution. #16tovote
youthrights Thanks, @sciville! Proceeds from sticker sales fund our projects to achieve our goals, one of which is a lower voting age! #16tovote
Khaetlyn Isn’t it convenient that the very people, the only people, curfew laws would effect weren’t allowed to vote? #16tovote
youthrights Exactly, @Khaetlyn! They keep the voting age high so they can exploit those under it without consequence to please adult voters! #16tovote
Khaetlyn How can we make sure politicians take an active roll with issues important to young people if we can’t hold them accountable? #16tovote
teh_maxh @youthrights Are we doing #16tovote or world domination first?
youthrights Good question! RT @teh_maxh @youthrights Are we doing #16tovote or world domination first?
Khaetlyn Friends in #SC: remember the arts budget that was almost cut? Do we want politicians in office with no respect for the arts? No. #16tovote
youthrights When Iowa City considered a curfew, police chief out and said teen opinion was not welcome. Lower voting age will change that! #16tovote
Khaetlyn @SocialistViews Does the ISO support lowering the voting age to 16? Ralph Nader does, and others. Please join in on #16tovote if you do.
youthrights Good question, @CommonCause! Voting shouldn’t be mandatory but more people should have the choice, through a lower voting age! #16tovote
youthrights Actually, @teh_maxh, just found it. You posted it! Here’s the link: http://u.nu/23gy Last line. 
#16tovote
youthrights One way to look at it, @Chipmazing! W/o the vote, teens are victims of political abuse by oppressive laws made w/o their consent. #16tovote
youthrights Adults with no involvement with school get more say in it than students do. Where’s the sense in that? Lower the voting age! #16tovote
youthrights Voting Rights Act of 1965 says you only need a 6th grade education to vote. Aren’t 6th graders generally 11-12? #16tovote
youthrights 16-year-olds are hardworking, tax-paying, responsible, sensible, knowledgeable, mercilessly scapegoated CITIZENS! #16tovote
youthrights 16-year-olds know the issues, can think for themselves, and are a valuable part of the community and country! Where’s their say? #16tovote
youthrights It’s no #16tovote on the 16th without… our voting age ad! http://bit.ly/9lVTJh Created in 2008 by the @nyrasefl TEENS!
Chipmazing Minors, the permanent minorities. Always strive against second class citizenship. #16tovote
youthrights 11 states have proposed lowering the voting age. Wonder which state will be first! Could make bets on it… #16tovote
youthrights And if #DC is the first to lower the voting age, since the bet could be which STATE was first, that’d be a fun squabble. #16tovote
youthrights Convenient how abstinence-only politicians talk about wanting to keep teens ignorant, and teens can’t vote them out for it. #16tovote
EIFY There is no democratic state. People who claim otherwise live in an authoritarian one for ~1/4 of their lives. #16tovote
youthrights Wondering what all this #16tovote tweeting is about? Today is #16tovote on the 16th! We’re tweeting about lowering the voting age!
youthrights Wondering why we – gasp! – think teens should have voting rights? Check out our page: http://www.youthrights.org/votingage.php #16tovote
youthrights #16tovote discussing during NYRA-DC testimony before the DC City Council. Check out Connell Wise on YouTube:… http://fb.me/DyeUzoL3
youthrights Some voted against Obama because he’s black and were allowed to. Anti-racist 16-year-olds however could not vote. #16tovote
youthrights Some voted against Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin because they’re women. Yet a 16-year-old feminist is too “immature” to vote. #16tovote
youthrights In her 1991 testimony before a Minnesota House subcommittee, 14-year-old Rebecca Tilsen had this to say:… #16tovote
youthrights If 16-year-olds are old enough to drink the water polluted by the industries that you regulate… #16tovote
youthrights If 16-year-olds are old enough to breathe the air ruined by garbage burners that government built… #16tovote
youthrights If 16-year-olds are old enough to walk on the streets made unsafe by terrible drugs and crime policies… #16tovote
youthrights If 16-year-olds are old enough to live in poverty in the richest country in the world… #16tovote
youthrights If 16-year-olds are old enough to get sick in a country with the worst public health-care programs in the world… #16tovote
youthrights And if 16-year-olds are old enough to attend school districts that you underfund… #16tovote
youthrights …Then 16-year-olds are old enough to play a part in making them better! #16tovote
youthrights Because teens can’t vote, officials are in no rush to shut these places down: http://bit.ly/dy2UMY #16tovote
youthrights What does “too immature to vote” even mean? Is there some objective standard that applies to no one 18+ and everyone under-18? #16tovote
youthrights Haha! True. #16tovote RT @teh_maxh @youthrights More than those who support 18+ (or worse, 21+) seem to have.
youthrights A 34yo who lives with parents, doesn’t work, & has violent temper still somehow passes this voting “maturity” standard. #16tovote
youthrights I wonder what opponents are so worried about. Nothing bad will happen when the voting age gets lowered. Plenty of good, though! #16tovote
youthrights Check out this voting age debate @kpalicz was in a few years ago: http://bit.ly/dlOyNv (video) #16tovote
youthrights If you refuse to talk to or include teens, of course you worry about them voting. You give them no reason to take your side. #16tovote
youthrights Teens come in many forms: students, athletes, entrepreneurs, employees, spouses, parents, soldiers, etc. They ALL need the vote! #16tovote
nyradc #16tovote discussed during NYRA-DC testimony before the DC City Council. Check out Connell Wise on YouTube:… http://fb.me/BZtopmjx
youthrights Exactly! #16tovote RT @elisaschafer @youthrights couldn’t agree more…. old enough to be taxed, old enough to vote
youthrights Young criminals are tried as adults, yet the young law-abiding don’t get to vote like adults. #fail #16tovote
youthrights There’s no such thing as a wrong vote. So teens couldn’t possible “vote wrong”. #16tovote
youthrights By “wrong vote” do you mean a vote contrary to what you believe? Reach out to teens and you don’t have to worry about that! #16tovote
Khaetlyn @youthrights Unless they vote for a conservative. Then that’s pretty wrong. 
#16tovote
youthrights LOL! RT @Khaetlyn @youthrights Unless they vote for a conservative. Then that’s pretty wrong. #16tovote
youthrights Funny how the government-funded ONDCP’s anti-drug ads only ever target and blame people too young to vote! #16tovote
youthrights #16tovote on the 16th is going great! Thanks to everyone who has participated! There are still several hours left,… http://fb.me/EESUe9w2
Nulono #16tovote Plenty of teenagers are well-informed, especially compared to the TEA Partiers.
arclights @TheEconomist How about people who are deprived of their freedom without having committed a crime? #16tovote — or better, #0tovote
youthrights Check it out! Our collection of lower voting age flyers! http://bit.ly/cMIdPA Feel free to add your own! #16tovote
nyradc At the DC Council hearing last Saturday, we expressed our desire for a lower voting age in #DC! #16tovote
nyradc Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr was very supportive of lowering the voting age! #16tovote
nyradc Chairman Vincent Gray was more skeptical of a lower voting age, but thought the idea could have merit. #16tovote
SchoolSurvival Think 16-year-olds wouldn’t vote? Not your call. Give them the vote and they’ll decide if and how to use it. #16tovote
youthrights Glad it went well! RT @nyradc: At the DC Council hearing last Saturday, we expressed our desire for a lower voting age in #DC! #16tovote
sciville I was totally there! RT @nyradc: At the DC Council hearing last Saturday, we expressed our desire for a lower voting age in #DC! #16tovote
kpalicz RT@youthrights Funny how the government-funded ONDCP’s anti-drug ads only ever target and blame people too young to vote! #16tovote @SSDP
kpalicz Part 2 of NYRA-DC Member Connell Wise’s testimony about #16tovote at the DC City Council: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yMeY9-Gi0k
SchoolSurvival Engage, include, and respect young people, and you’ll have no reason whatsoever to be afraid of them having voting rights! #16tovote
SchoolSurvival They say a 16 y/o isn’t smart enough to vote. 1. Generalizations are never accurate. 2. Adults can be stupid, too. #16tovote
teh_maxh Stupid people don’t lose their stupidity at eighteen. #16tovote
LoganJ7 Voting rights urged for 16 and 17 year olds in UK #16tovote http://bit.ly/bNHnCN
the_boy #16toVote because we need these kids in the ballot booth as soon as possible http://www.therethinkers.com/
SchoolSurvival The owners and staff of these behavior mod facilities can vote. http://bit.ly/dy2UMY The teens they torture and kill can’t. #16tovote
youthrights Lots of great #16tovote on the 16th tweeting, everyone! It’s going great! Just a little over an hour and a half to go!
SchoolSurvival Why accuse teens of not being knowledgeable enough to vote when we don’t have that standard for adults? #16tovote
SchoolSurvival An 18-year-old voter is a good citizen. A 17-year-old voter is a dangerous felon. Weird. #16tovote
youthrights Thanks for yet another GREAT #16tovote on the 16th everyone! Feed-clogging credits coming up!
teh_maxh There is a competency requirement for voting. We could lower the voting age with no worries of teen incompetence. #16tovote
gabjoh Last #16tovote of the day!
youthrights Thanks for the #16tovote tweets @sciville @teh_maxh @Khaetlyn @SnipeMe @arclights @hardymacia @_Brain_Picker_ @nyradc @BeckiWilsonPG @EIFY
youthrights Thanks for the #16tovote tweets @taradinoc @rhymeswithwolf @GarethAlteran @Chipmazing @ChannelOneNews @contraceptioned @MariaLiaCalvo
youthrights Thanks for the #16tovote tweets @AshleyLebesco @piggytailmommie @Scarleteen @silverwolf1977 @eastvalleychc @christhepolitic @thisisdaniel
youthrights Thanks for the #16tovote tweets @Halfsh0t @elisaschafer @SchoolSurvival @LoganJ7 @the_boy @NickJ47 @grateful_head @banytron @vrijnatuurlijk
youthrights Thanks for the #16tovote tweets @SSDP @kpalicz @Nulono @2123MelissaP @livesnotknives @gabjoh and anyone I missed. See you Monday, August 16!
