Newark became the first city in New Jersey last year to lower the voting age to 16 for school board elections.

Newark School Board Election will take place on Tuesday, April 15. Learn more about voting in New Jersey here. A total of 11 ...

More than 1,000 16- and 17-year-old Newark ... “This is history. You guys are making history — the first in the state, pioneers, to register and vote in school board elections,” Baraka ...