About 15 municipalities across the country, including ones in Maryland, California, Vermont and New Jersey, have extended voting rights to 16- and 17-year-olds in local elections, according to Vote16USA, a group that advocates for lowering the voting age to 16.
The federal lawsuits are the latest in a string of litigation the DOJ has brought against states in a bid to compel them to turn over voters' personal information.
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The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division announced new federal lawsuits today against Colorado, Hawaii, Massachusetts, and Nevada, alleging the states failed to produce statewide voter registration lists as required by federal law.