17-Year Olds to Vote in Rhode Island

“Although both major parties’ presidential nominations are already sewn up, Tuesday’s Rhode Island Presidential Preference Primary will be exciting for 1,894 voters in particular: 17-year-olds who will be able to vote for the first time ever under a new law passed last year,” the Providence Journal reports.

“The law gives 17-year-olds the right to vote in a primary election if they will be 18 on the day of November’s general election.”