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Don’t let 16-year-olds vote. Voters are uninformed enough already

By Tom Joyce
Published March 4, 2021 7:47pm ET
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Don’t let 16-year-olds vote. Voters are uninformed enough already
Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, about plans to reintroduce a resolution to call on President Biden to take executive action to cancel up to $50,000 in debt for federal student loan borrowers. | (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Rep. Ayanna Pressley has a terrible idea to expand who can vote in the United States, and the House of Representatives overwhelmingly rejected it on Wednesday.

The Massachusetts Democrat’s big idea: lower the voting age from 18 years old to 16. It failed 125-302, with every Republican opposing it and 93 Democrats joining them.

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