If approved by voters this year, the new panel would advise the mayor and Council on issues critical to younger residents such as climate change.
Read MoreRooted in a policy desire to increase the overall size of the potential voting population and also to give younger people a bigger stake in our representative democracy, the movement has seen increased traction particularly as young people graduating from high school face dismal job prospects and skyrocketing costs of higher education.
Read MoreNonprofit organizations join the state in efforts to establish the voting habit in young people.
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