16-Year-olds get the vote!(ELECTIONS) (Takoma Park, Maryland is now allowing 16 year old teens to vote) (Brief article)

On Election Day in November, many high school students in Takoma Park, Maryland, will get more than just a day off: They'll be casting ballots. The city has become the first in the U.S. to lower the voting age to 16 in local elections. "This move sets an important precedent," Camille Kirsch, a sophomore at Montgomery Blair High School, told the Montgomery County Sentinel. Many teens pay taxes, she said, and "their positions deserve serious consideration." Countries like Austria and Argentina already let...