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Newark’s 16- and 17-year-olds will be allowed to vote in April’s school board election after city leaders voted unanimously in favor of a historic ordinance to lower the voting age.
Over the last few years, turnout for the city’s school board election has hovered around 3%.
The new ordinance comes after New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy recently signed a bill to allow 17-year-olds to vote in primary elections if they are registered and turning 18 by the general election, starting in 2026. In his annual State of the State address on Jan. 9, Murphy also asked state lawmakers to send him a bill that would expand voting rights for 16- and 17-year-olds statewide to vote in local school board elections.
To read more about the vote and its implications, click here.
For a great resource from the Boggs Center on voting rights and the voting process in NJ written in clear language for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, click here.
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