🎓IRS collects $23 billion from minors denied franchise under Twenty-Sixth Amendment
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Four million working teenagers pay $23 billion in taxes without representation. While other democracies lower voting ages, American youth face increasing barriers. Explore why "old enough to work, old enough to vote" matters.
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Why This Matters
📊 Youth registration 9 points higher in pre-registration states
Allowing 16-17 year olds to pre-register dramatically increases participation, but only 23 states allow it.
❌ 3 million couldn't vote due to registration problems
Complex rules and deadlines disproportionately block first-time young voters from participating in democracy.
🎓 Student ID restrictions target campus voters
Texas accepts handgun licenses but not student IDs for voting, deliberately suppressing the youth vote.
🗳️ 16-year-olds vote successfully in 10 US cities
From Takoma Park to Berkeley, lowered voting ages increase civic engagement without any negative effects.
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On ____ , Takoma Park lowered the municipal voting age to 16.
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Match barriers facing young voters to their impacts.
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Match each entity with its described role in the youth voting rights movement.
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How much do working American teenagers pay in taxes annually without voting rights?
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Which U.S. municipality was the first to lower its municipal voting age to 16?
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According to the research, what is the average annual tax contribution per working teenager?
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Which slogan encapsulates the argument that working teenagers pay taxes but lack voting rights?
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Arrange these events in chronological order.
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Research shows 16-year-olds have equivalent civic competence to 18-year-olds.
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Only 23 states allow 16- and 17-year-olds to preregister to vote.
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NextGen America mobilized 4.7 million young voters in 2020.
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