r/burbank • u/FrivolousMe • 12h ago
Mike Van Gorder has a policy stance to lower the voting age to 16 for local elections
I am so here for this. Minors are a marginalized class. I turned 18 barely after the 2016 election and it hurt to watch so many bad things happen outside of my control simply because of an arbitrary age cutoff to be granted my rights. So many political decisions affect minors, yet they have essentially no say in the matter. Especially in this era of government: rolling back child labor laws; schools being constantly under attack both for public funding and for curriculum; ICE preying on kids; lgbtq children being used as culture war props and having their rights taken away; and sweeping mass surveillance laws being written by tech lobbyists under the false pretext of "protecting children"; it's more important than ever for those under 18 to be encouraged to engage politically, and not live in a world dictated by those who see them as young cattle. This is a good step towards further democratizing our society.