Newark student voters make history

Newark student voters make history

For the first time in New Jersey, 16- and 17-year-olds voted in school board elections The post NJ’s youngest voters go to the polls in Newark appeared first on NJ Spotlight News.

Ali: Jersey City should follow Newark's lead & allow new youth voters in BOE races - Hudson County View

Jersey City mayoral candidate Mussab Ali, a former board of education president, is celebrating today’s Newark BOE election that has 16- and 17-year-olds voting for the first time, exclaiming that Jersey City should do the same By John Heinis/Hudson County View “For too long, young people have been left out of the decisions that directly […] The post Ali: Jersey City should follow Newark’s lead & allow new youth voters in BOE races appeared firs…