If they are old enough to drive, they're old enough to vote - well almost.
Broward County is moving ahead with plans to pre-register 16-year olds to vote when they apply for a Florida's driver's license.
Governor Charlie Crist signed a measure into law earlier this year that lowered the pre-registration age from 17 to 16. Once registered, the teens automatically receive a voter identification card in the mail on their 18th birthday. And while they can't vote, they are eligible to become poll workers and work at the precincts on election day.
The new legislation compliments a high school voter registration program which over the last couple of years have registered, or pre-registered, more than 20-thousand teens.
In order for a 16-year old to pre-register, all they have to do is complete a voter's registration form.
Broward County is moving ahead with plans to pre-register 16-year olds to vote when they apply for a Florida's driver's license.
Governor Charlie Crist signed a measure into law earlier this year that lowered the pre-registration age from 17 to 16. Once registered, the teens automatically receive a voter identification card in the mail on their 18th birthday. And while they can't vote, they are eligible to become poll workers and work at the precincts on election day.
The new legislation compliments a high school voter registration program which over the last couple of years have registered, or pre-registered, more than 20-thousand teens.
In order for a 16-year old to pre-register, all they have to do is complete a voter's registration form.
Election Day '09 was a roller-coaster for election reformers. Instant runoff voting had a great night in Minnesota, where St. Paul voters chose to implement IRV for its city elections, and Minneapolis voters used IRV for the first time—with local media touting it as a big success. As the Star-Tribune noted in endorsing IRV for St. Paul, Tuesday’s elections give the Twin Cities a chance to show the whole state of Minnesota the benefits of adopting IRV. There were disappointments in Lowell and Pierce County too, but high-profile multi-candidate races in New Jersey and New York keep policymakers focused on ways to reform elections; the Baltimore Sun and Miami Herald were among many newspapers publishing commentary from FairVote board member and former presidential candidate John Anderson on how IRV can mitigate the problems of plurality elections.