Bill Would Allow 17-Year-Old Voters

A state law­maker is intro­duc­ing a bill that would allow 17-year-olds to vote in a pri­mary elec­tion. The leg­is­la­tion would amend the state Con­sti­tu­tion and allow teens to vote if they’ll be eigh­teen years old at the time of the gen­eral elec­tion. The bill is aimed at increas­ing the youth vote. Twenty states already have sim­i­lar laws.