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California Considers Votes For 17-Year-Olds

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In both Oregon and California, teenagers can now pre-register to vote

They sign up when they are 16 and 17, and the registration becomes official on their 18th birthday. 

Assembly Member Evan Low (D-Campbell) wants to go a step further and lower the actual VOTING age to 17. 

He's introduced a bill in the legislature to make the change.  And he joins us with the rationale for making the next new voters a year younger. 

 

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the Jefferson Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.