Tag Archives: voting age

Letting 17-year-olds vote

Posted on March 17, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

Sort of. Hoping to fuel the next crop of young voters, state lawmakers filed bills that would allow 17-year-olds to vote in some primary elections if they are going to turn 18 before the general election. The 17-year-olds would only … Continue reading →

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Why 18?

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

The legal voting age has been 18 for forty years now, but some people would like it to be lower, at least for their local elections. Critics of the young people sleeping on cardboard at Occupy Wall Street argue the … Continue reading →

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The primaries matter, too

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

A whole lot of people voted for the first time last November, and a whole lot of people voted in the March primaries, too. But some number of the former were ineligible for the latter because they turned 18 between … Continue reading →

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