The first test of youth voting came Tuesday in the first-ever New Jersey election with youth voting: Of the 1,771 Newark residents under 18 who registered to vote, 67 of them, or 3.4%, voted. Voters under 18 slightly outperformed adult voters, of whom just 3.2% cast a ballot.
The New Jersey Institute for Social Justice estimates that roughly 25% of eligible 16- and 17-year-olds registered, according to ChalkBeat Newark.