Tell the Senate to lower the voting age to 16 in The NM Voting Rights Act TODAY!

New Mexico, which has one of the highest populations of people of color in the country, is working to expand voting rights and democracy. This week, legislators introduced a bill called the NM Voting Rights Act, SB8 to protect and expand voting rights in New Mexico, including making Election Day a holiday, lowering the voting age to 16 in local elections, restoring voting rights to people who were formerly incarcerated and making automatic voter registration even easier.

Over the course of this last year states across the US have passed numerous laws that will give the state the power to overturn elections and dismiss the will of voters. These laws are designed to diminish voting rights, especially those of Black, Brown, Indigenous, and People of Color. These voter suppression tactics will have a lasting and devastating impact on democracy.

Will you join us in asking the Senate to INCLUDE OUR YOUTH in the NM Voting Rights Bill?

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In 1971, the voting age was lowered from 21 to 18. We believe that the NM State Legislator should lower the voting age to 16 in 2022 because:

--extending the electoral franchise to 16 and 17-year-olds is a democratic imperative, as it would address the disparity in voter participation between young and old populations by building a lifelong habit of civic engagement earlier in life

--the working-age is currently set at 16, and workers pay taxes and should have a right to determine through the electoral process how their tax dollars are spent

--looming crises such as climate change and ecological collapse are threatening our planet, we believe that it is crucial for the generations who will be most impacted by these threats to have a say in determining our collective response

--our society is witnessing unprecedented rates of change in social consciousness and technological innovation, that the youth of our society will bring crucial insight in adapting to these changes

Sincerely, [Your information here]