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2016 Postmortem

slipslidingaway

(21,210 posts) Sat Mar 12, 2016, 02:15 AM Mar 2016

In victory for Sanders, Ohio judge says 17-year-olds can vote in primary

http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/11/politics/sanders-ohio-lawsuit/

"An Ohio county judge ruled Friday that 17-year-olds will be allowed to vote in Tuesday's primaries, a victory for Bernie Sanders' campaign.

Franklin County Judge Richard Frye determined that Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted, a Republican, erred when he ordered that Ohioans who are currently 17 but will be 18 on election day in November not be allowed to vote in the presidential primaries.

Husted's office said he would appeal the ruling, which applies to all election boards in the state and orders them to accommodate 17-year-olds Tuesday.

.....An appeals hearing has been scheduled for Monday morning."