Currently, 49.99% of residents have voted in favor of Measure VY, which would grant 16 and 17-year-olds the right to vote.
In one of the tightest races in Los Angeles County, the fate of a Culver City measure, which would allow 16 and 17-year-olds to vote, hangs on by just a thread.In the three weeks since Election Day and with only a few days left until L.A. County certifies the results, Measure VY is about to be decided by just three votes. As of Thursday, 49.99% of residents support the measure while a slight majority of 50.1% disapprove of it.
"They have to wait until they have a stake in the community," said Gourley."Nothing they do comes back to them as repercussions." "We're voting on climate legislation that's going to stick with us, because we're going to be inheriting this planet," said Meighan-Theil."We're voting on gun reform laws, as we're in classrooms every day. We're voting on housing because we'd like to be able to afford our homes in the future. So, while 16 seems young, the policies we are voting on are going to affect us for the rest of our lives.
"I was a very gifted 16 and 17-year-old," said Gourley."I certainly would have followed the party line. But, would I have really matured enough to know what goes on in the community? I don't think so."
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