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Ayanna Pressley Serious About Lowering Voting Age To 16, But U.S. House Isn’t, For Now

Ayanna Pressley Serious About Lowering Voting Age To 16, But U.S. House Isn’t, For Now

The U.S. House of Representatives has rejected a measure proposed by U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Dorchester) to lower the voting age in elections for federal office to 16. On Thursday night the House voted 126-305 on the amendment, Pressley's first as a member of Congress.

The U.S. House of Representatives has rejected a measure proposed by U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Dorchester) to lower the voting age in elections for federal office to 16. On Thursday night the House voted 126-305 on the amendment, Pressley's first as a member of Congress.…