Maryland Reinstates 17-Year-Old Voters In Primary
posted 4:33 pm Thu December 20, 2007 - Annanpolis
State Attorney General Doug Gansler wrote a letter of legal advice on the matter Wednesday. Late last year, the attorney general's office had advised the board the practice had to end, because of a Court of Appeals ruling.
But Gansler says the Maryland Democrat and Republican parties have a First Amendment right to include 17-year-olds in their primaries.
Seventeen-year-old will have until January 22nd to register. The primary for presidential and congressional candidates is February 12th.
Not a member yet? Click Here to sign up.
Please leave your comments below:
Messages that harass, abuse or threaten other members; have obscene or otherwise objectionable content; have spam, commercial or
advertising content or inappropriate links may be removed and may result in the loss of your posting privileges.
Please do not post any private information unless you want it to be available publicly.
Never assume that you are completely anonymous and cannot be identified by your posts.
© 2007 WJLA-TV
© 2007 The Associated Press
All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
The 'RUNNING MAN' icon is a registered trademark of America Online, Inc.
ABC 7 News to leave comments on news stories.