San Francisco considers changing local voting age to 16

A new proposition in San Francisco could allow teenagers as young as 16 to vote in local elections, NBC News reported Saturday. Residents will vote on the measure in November and, if passed, San Francisco would become the first major American city to grant 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote in municipal elections. A similar measure introduced in 2016 failed to pass, receiving approximately 48 percent of the vote. However, local activists…