#16tovote on the 16th – February 2010

youthrights Top Ten Reasons to Lower the Voting Age! – http://bit.ly/cavxOT #16tovote

arclights My own view is that there should be no voting age, but 16 would be an improvement. #16tovote

youthrights Have you seen our voting age ad? Aired in October 2008. Created by @nyrasefl! http://bit.ly/9lVTJh #16tovote

sciville Asking if someone is mature enough to vote is like asking if they’re tall enough to do math. Has nothing to do with anything! #16tovote

youthrights Did you know Austria lowered their voting age to 16 in 2007? #16tovote

youthrights NYRA-Nanuet is working on lowering the voting age! Check out this news spot they did last year! – http://bit.ly/9oYK8j #16tovote

teh_maxh What’s lowering the voting age to sixteen? A damn good start. #16tovote

kpalicz A major new ally, the Co-op, has joined the Votes At 16 coalition in the UK, they are building momentum. #16tovote http://bit.ly/aw0gUw

bicyclingfish Lowering the voting age to 16 is just a start! Age-based discrimination should be banned altogether! Down with any voting age! #16tovote

youthrights Meyer’s Musings: It’s time to lower the voting age to 16! – http://u.nu/3had3 #16tovote

youthrights Join us this evening at 8pm EST on AIM in chatroom “nyra” to discuss lowering the voting age in our bimonthly chat! #16tovote

youthrights Today is #16tovote on the 16th! Tweet about why the voting age should be lowered to 16, with the #16tovote hashtag!

youthrights RT @UKYP Record numbers of young people in Staffordshire have voted in the UK Youth Parliament elections! http://bit.ly/dohTmx #yp #16tovote

youthrights While NYRA only operates in the USA, we certainly support worldwide efforts to lower voting ages! #16tovote

youthrights What progress has there been to lower the voting age? Check that out here: http://www.youthrights.org/votestatus.php #16tovote

youthrights In Sept 2008, @sciville showed this voting age ad to @mob_org, and they granted us some flip cams! Yay! – http://bit.ly/9lVTJh #16tovote

youthrights Something to give up for Lent: ageism! Or, better yet, give it up permanently. You can start by supporting a lower voting age! #16tovote

arclights @antonova The requirement of citizenship has nothing to do with the voting age. US citizens should have votes at any age. Start w/ #16tovote

youthrights Proposal to Lower the Voting Age – written many years ago by @teenvote – http://www.youthrights.org/voteproposal.php #16tovote

youthrights Want a lower voting age? Of course you do. Join us today in tweeting why you want to lower the voting age, with the hashtag #16tovote!

DegrassiPwns Oh! I almost forgot! It’s the 16th! #16tovote #16tovote #16tovote #16tovote #16tovote. Making up for lost time. Hold for useful info.

youthrights Brazil: where you’ll find the Amazon rainforest, the 2016 Olympics… and enfranchised 16-year-olds! #16tovote

nyrasefl Our Founding Fathers fought against taxation w/o representation. Yet it continues today. Are you ready for the change? #16tovote

nyrasefl In Saxony-Anhelt in Germany, the voter turnout among 16-17 year-olds was 37.5% higher than that of the 21-24 demographic. #16tovote

kpalicz Teens pay an estimated $9.7 Billion dollars in sales taxes alone (in addition to much more in income taxes), yet can’t vote. #16tovote

sciville Students should be able to vote for school board for the same reason it is Americans who vote in American elections. #16tovote

youthrights In 2006, 17yo Jesse Hunter voted illegally in the Minnesota primary! – http://bit.ly/dtGNdy #16tovote

youthrights Watch our ED @kpalicz debate some opponent on the voting age on Fox News waaaay back in October 2004! – http://bit.ly/dlOyNv #16tovote

SnipeMe Voting is a RIGHT, stupid! http://snipeme.com/go2/d426f #16tovote

youthrights Buy a “16: Old Enough to Vote” bumper sticker and stick it on your car! – http://bit.ly/djpAt6 #16tovote

youthrights “The Hypocrisy of the Voting Age”, by @aking91 on 4/30/07 – http://bit.ly/9tCSES #16tovote

jbbdude I still support #16tovote even though I’ll be able to vote this year anyway. Because I felt disenfranchised for years.

kpalicz Wonder why I support #16tovote? Here are lots of great reasons: http://bit.ly/cJjuMR

18todrink Boston Tea Party = ppl that were mad about having to pay tax w/o representation? So are the 16yr olds that pay BILLIONS in taxes! #16tovote

SnipeMe Even though I’m in my 30s, I support a lower voting age because young people are, first and foremost PEOPLE and CITIZENS too! #16tovote

Spin0za1 and yes, 16 is old enough to vote. http://tinyurl.com/yjfmr5c #16tovote

youthrights Thanks so much, everyone, for your #16tovote tweets! This has been excellent! We’ll be doing it again in 4 weeks on March 16. Can’t wait! 🙂

youthrights Thanks for the #16tovote tweets @Spin0za1, @18todrink, @kpalicz, @SnipeMe, @Chipmazing, @jbbdude, @teh_maxh, @newtown11, @sciville, (cont’d)

youthrights Thanks for the #16tovote tweets @silverfang77, @arclights, @nyrasefl, @De_Koers, @SchoolSurvival, @DegrassiPwns, @the_boy, (cont’d)