AlCo supervisors clear way for youth voting in Oakland and Berkeley school elections

by Kiley Russell, Bay City News May 2, 2024April 30, 2024

Members of the Oakland Youth Vote Coalition worked to get Measure QQ on the ballot and passed in 2020. The measure grants 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote in school board elections. (Sara Tiras/City of Oakland via Bay City News)

After years of delays, 16- and 17-year-olds in Oakland and Berkeley will finally get a chance to vote in school board elections.

With an eye toward the upcoming November general election, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to approve a $113,000 contract increase with a third-party election services company and to add six positions in the Registrar of Voters’ office.

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Kiley Russell, Bay City News

Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

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