Pa. considers allowing primary voting at 17


FOX CHAPEL, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania lawmakers are pushing for hearing on a proposal to let 17-year-olds vote in Pennsylvania’s primary elections, an idea that began as a civics projects by three high school students.

The students want 17-year-olds to be able to vote in the April 22 primary if they will be 18 — old enough to vote — before November’s general election.

“If we can pick between those final two candidates, we should be able to help pick who they are,” said Julia Hazlet, who developed the project with Fox Chapel Area High School classmates Doug Weisband and Kevin Pflumm.

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