"We need to lower the voting age to 16," like the UK recently did. 16-year-olds "work jobs, pay taxes and, in many cases, ...

American democracy is in a fragile state. It would help to give younger people a chance to participate in the electoral ...

There’s one other way that teens can do what adults can: After Newark let 16- and 17-year-olds vote in local school-board ...

The Republican speaker truncated the legislative schedule for the week ahead of a summer recess, moving to deny Democrats the ...

A USC Price School of Public Policy report revealed that following historically high voter turnout in 2020, the 2024 election experienced a 5 percentage point drop.

The speaker has drawn criticism for shutting down the House before lawmakers could vote on releasing the Jeffrey Epstein ...

U.S. Rep. Pat Ryan attempted to help push the passage of a bill that, if enacted, would have forced the file release on ...

China is "clearly" trying to interfere in Taiwan's democracy and it is up to Taiwan's people to decide who should be removed ...

Texas Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett said in an interview published Thursday that voters don't vote the way she thinks they ...

A new study from the University of Georgia found that even unenforced, or "toothless," compulsory voting laws can increase voter turnout. The research is published in the journal Electoral Studies.

The Olympia City Council voted 4-3 on July 22 to forward an initiative to adopt a Workers’ Bill of Rights and raise the ...

The House is leaving Washington early as Republicans clash over the Jeffrey Epstein files. House Speaker Mike Johnson is ...