The bill passed. 16-year-olds in Colorado now have a seat at the table for school board elections.
August 8, 2020
Final supporters
We, the undersigned students, parents, teachers, and community members of Colorado call on our state legislators to draft and pass a bill that will give anyone 16 years of age or older the right to vote in school board elections.
Why should we let 16 year olds vote for school board?
1. Fair Representation. School board decisions have great influence on the lives of 16- and 17-year-olds. They deserve to vote on the people who make those decisions, and research shows they are mature enough to do so.
2. Improve Civic Engagement. Research suggests that casting a first ballot at 16 or 17 will lead to a lifetime of voting and civic engagement
3. Practical Civic Education. Participating in school board elections teaches them how to research candidates, identify and debate key issues, and effectively participate in an election before they graduate from high school.
4. Positive Contributions to School Community. Youth are experts in their own educational experience and giving them the right to vote can result in better policies that will directly strengthen their school communities.
For these reasons and more, we call on our state legislators to take action this legislative session to give 16 year olds the right to vote in school board elections.
Learn more: www.studentvoicestudentvote.org
Email us: [email protected]
Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/SV2Colorado
Updates
June 29, 2020
We just hit 500 signatures. Legislators in Denver are officially taking notice.
Reached 500 supporters
June 27, 2020
May 16, 2017
Reading through your comments on why students deserve a say in their own education. Your stories are driving the conversation with legislators right now.
Reached 100 supporters
March 6, 2017
March 5, 2017
We are approaching one hundred signatures. Keep pushing until we cross that mark.
69 Comments
I am a grandparent of seven children in our local school districts. I know that they have invaluable experience and input that all adults, specifically the ones responsible for their education, should heed.
I have served 10 years on the Dolores Re-4A School District. Our students have shown more maturity, leadership, and morales far above their parents and other adult members of the community. They have a pulse on what is happening in their school and deserve to be heard by vote.
We are supposed to be teaching our students applicable skills for the real world and whats more real than understanding your voice matters and you can be a deciding factor! This is great as the students are just as affected by the school board as the teachers and administration who works under them!
For students to be the "priority" of the school board why are people mainly who have already graduated representing us as if it effects them, so it only makes since to let us vote on how the school board influences our education.
As someone who graduated from a Colorado High School, I know it would've meant so much for me to vote for board members. After filling out my first school board ballot this week, I was proud that my vote could finally count, it's only disappointing to have it come too late for me.
I am interested in supporting this idea.
Teenagers need more representation in our government.
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The bill passed. 16-year-olds in Colorado now have a seat at the table for school board elections.
August 8, 2020
Final supporters
We, the undersigned students, parents, teachers, and community members of Colorado call on our state legislators to draft and pass a bill that will give anyone 16 years of age or older the right to vote in school board elections.
Why should we let 16 year olds vote for school board?
1. Fair Representation. School board decisions have great influence on the lives of 16- and 17-year-olds. They deserve to vote on the people who make those decisions, and research shows they are mature enough to do so.
2. Improve Civic Engagement. Research suggests that casting a first ballot at 16 or 17 will lead to a lifetime of voting and civic engagement
3. Practical Civic Education. Participating in school board elections teaches them how to research candidates, identify and debate key issues, and effectively participate in an election before they graduate from high school.
4. Positive Contributions to School Community. Youth are experts in their own educational experience and giving them the right to vote can result in better policies that will directly strengthen their school communities.
For these reasons and more, we call on our state legislators to take action this legislative session to give 16 year olds the right to vote in school board elections.
Learn more: www.studentvoicestudentvote.org
Email us: [email protected]
Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/SV2Colorado
Updates
June 29, 2020
We just hit 500 signatures. Legislators in Denver are officially taking notice.
Reached 500 supporters
June 27, 2020
May 16, 2017
Reading through your comments on why students deserve a say in their own education. Your stories are driving the conversation with legislators right now.
Reached 100 supporters
March 6, 2017
March 5, 2017
We are approaching one hundred signatures. Keep pushing until we cross that mark.
69 Comments
Allowing students to vote in board elections has a lot of positive impacts. In my mind the best impact is one that is underlying. Engaging students in the political system gets rid of the dissolutionment that our voice doesn't matter. If we getting involved and see results then we'll be more likely to be active in politics later in life, which cannot be a bad thing.
I am a grandparent of seven children in our local school districts. I know that they have invaluable experience and input that all adults, specifically the ones responsible for their education, should heed.
I have served 10 years on the Dolores Re-4A School District. Our students have shown more maturity, leadership, and morales far above their parents and other adult members of the community. They have a pulse on what is happening in their school and deserve to be heard by vote.
We are supposed to be teaching our students applicable skills for the real world and whats more real than understanding your voice matters and you can be a deciding factor! This is great as the students are just as affected by the school board as the teachers and administration who works under them!
For students to be the "priority" of the school board why are people mainly who have already graduated representing us as if it effects them, so it only makes since to let us vote on how the school board influences our education.
As someone who graduated from a Colorado High School, I know it would've meant so much for me to vote for board members. After filling out my first school board ballot this week, I was proud that my vote could finally count, it's only disappointing to have it come too late for me.
I am interested in supporting this idea.
Teenagers need more representation in our government.
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Allowing students to vote in board elections has a lot of positive impacts. In my mind the best impact is one that is underlying. Engaging students in the political system gets rid of the dissolutionment that our voice doesn't matter. If we getting involved and see results then we'll be more likely to be active in politics later in life, which cannot be a bad thing.