Voter initiative aims to expand electorate and boost teen participation in civic affairs
ANNAPOLIS–A push to expand the electorate is gaining momentum in Maryland. The effort to lower the voting age in Maryland to 16 years of age is part of a national student-led initiative advocating for youth suffrage.
“By the age of 16, our cold cognition capabilities are fully developed,” said Anya Kleinman, a 17-year-old senior at Richard Montgomery High School and co-founder of Vote16MD, the local chapter of Vote16USA. “Instead of drawing an arbitrary line at the age of 18, let’s root our voting age in something that’s scientific.”…