Vote16 seeks to allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote in municipal/school board elections and be able to voice the issues that affect them such as school curiculum, discrimination and gun violence, according to the Vote16 website.

And the young activists have a growing number of Democratic support.

On Oct. 5, Gov. Phil Murphy and other state officials, including Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver, attended the teen activist conference “Vote 16 Youth Summit” hosted by the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice held at Rutgers University Newark campus and voiced their support behind the bill introduced to Legislature