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San Francisco Bay Area town to decide on allowing 16-year-olds to vote - Washington Examiner

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Albany , California , would allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote in municipal elections.

The measure would not allow them to run for local office or run for state or federal office.

The voting age was lowered federally from 21 to 18 in 1971 .

The most recent attempt to lower the voting age failed in Congress in 2021 .

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English

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