Newark gave 16-and 17-year-olds the right to vote. They are still learning their power.

By: Jessie Gómez, Chalkbeat Newark

Outlets: New Jersey Monitor

Published: April 20, 2026

Words: 914

Last Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago

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Judah Ancion, a 16-year-old junior at Essex County’s Donald M. Payne School of Technology, found out he could vote in Newark’s school board election from a teacher’s offhand comment last month — only a few weeks before the April 21 election.

Over the weekend, Denisha Kotey, a 19-year-old freshman at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, just learned that …

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