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Cindy Chaveza and Kimsot Ren on fighting for the right to weigh-in on local elections before 18
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-- -- -- -- -- -- -- Before you turn eighteen that's our question of the day that 95%.
Of US saying no.
Kids should not be allowed to vote before they turn eighteen won in Massachusetts in one of the oldest towns lol it's an old mill time.
Some seventeen year -- have been fighting for the right to vote.
That all -- city business and cost ballots before they turn eighteen.
Two of those that campaign is joining us now Cindy Chavez and consult -- With a vote seventeen good to see you guys -- let me start when you.
Why should we'd change it from eighteen to seventeen wanna go to eleven went -- got a nine.
Or -- -- -- attention not age because that's seventeen is still involved in your community.
You still know what's going -- around us and telling your eighteen yeah I'll going to cause in the last thing you have on your mind.
-- -- boating and at seventeen and -- tech and Leon at age sons they raise its present voting is habit to also.
-- engaged more in six.
-- console and -- Karen.
I'm an eighteen.
You could revolt -- -- -- -- I have been you don't want experience as your first time this time things are really perfect gauge.
What about those people -- a lot of all of -- is sort of weighing in on this saying.
Looks seventeen year olds have got so much else going on -- not really interested in politics of an old informed enough I mean I guess you could say that about a lot of the electorate whatever the -- book what would Jauron is a -- those who say it's seventeen you have just.
Not informed enough or Smart enough about politics to do to be didn't take -- in the voting process.
At Chilean -- proves that seventeen yards no more -- -- have the same sitting knowledge as a 21 euros so.
They know a lot about sending even though of them may not seem like it can also act.
Eighteen reaction more busy did you -- -- call agent -- away from the city.
And we just feel he had more stuff on your mind at seventeen hear more from -- to lower seniors their -- school.
And actually there's a lot of sense -- that are where the community especially at seventeen.
Yeah -- Cindy tell me how you're -- campaign has been going.
I think has been going really well actually I -- -- apparently -- meeting.
We're trying to meet up with.
Speaker of the house.
See how it goes.
And I can result would you then want to extend this do you think it should go beyond that.
City business and go to statewide business even today to the presidential election.
Well right now we think we should test it out low and see how -- -- just local municipal elections at seventeen.
-- things that directly impact -- had seventeen.
All right so.
I didn't what's the what's the next.
The next step in getting this done -- Cindy did you read is it can you get this done before November's elections.
Well they tried to get this on house select sadly we can get a little and it it does get -- voted yes.
On that look at it should send it back to Lowell and presidents and -- will look on it.
I can so what was the original inspiration for you guys doing it's what.
What made you think hey we need to change something -- we need to get this done.
Well and -- does -- and I -- October.
We hadn't your tech has three here and there ought to be a candidate for him and we address the problem of youth voices.
And what -- you resolve the youth voices conflict is -- -- -- it's just lowering the age of seventeen.
And eighteen that nineteen agreed that and then.
Patrick Murphy who is not on there.
Motion picture -- city county -- at Angel why I agree with us that it should happen.
All right Kim saw -- and Cindy Chavez organizes would -- seventeen most of -- -- uses English seemed to be disagreeing with you that you shouldn't be allowed to vote of seventeen.
Frankly I say the more politically involved young people get the -- -- The future for this country.
Got a good -- and keep it up good luck but it can't come back and tell us you know Osama all right thanks guys.
