In Vermont, voters this November passed a constitutional amendment that will allow 17-year-olds to vote in primaries as long as they will be 18 by the date of the general election.~ Nonprofit Voter Engagement Network
This new law makes perfect sense, since a person that's 18 by General Election Day is participating in that particular electoral process. Secondary schools should make it mandatory for all of its students to take a civics class; under this new law, a junior-level student may be eligible to vote in an election year primary. Our nation's youngest voters have every right to see that they are fully prepared to vote once they enter the voting booth.
