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Illinois

JeffHead

(1,186 posts) Wed Jul 3, 2013, 05:13 PM Jul 2013

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Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signs law expanding voting rights to more teens. [View all]

Seventeen-year-olds who turn 18 before the November 2014 general election will be able to vote in the March primary, under an Illinois law enacted Wednesday.

http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130703/news/707039824/

This is how blue states handle voting rights, they expand them. Good on Governor Quinn!

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Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signs law expanding voting rights to more teens. [View all] JeffHead Jul 2013 OP

I actually like Governor Quinn frazzled Jul 2013 #1

Keep in mind we can set the voting age as low as we want! BanTheGOP Jul 2013 #2

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