Sanders files suit against Ohio secretary of state in push to allow 17-year-olds to vote

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Washington (CNN)Bernie Sanders said Tuesday his campaign has filed suit against Ohio's secretary of state, seeking to allow 17-year-olds to vote in the presidential primary there.

Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver argued Tuesday that state law previously allowed 17-year-olds to vote in presidential primaries, accusing Jon Husted, a Republican, of trying to "disenfranchise" voters.

"The secretary of state has decided to disenfranchise people who are 17 but will be 18 by the day of the general election. Those people have been allowed to vote under the law of Ohio, but the secretary of state of the state of Ohio has decided to disenfranchise those people to forbid them from voting in the primary that is coming up on March 15," Weaver told reporters in Detroit.

The Columbus Dispatch reported Saturday that a state Democratic lawmaker raised the issue last week, claiming that Husted changed the interpretation of the law.

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[Mufaddal]

1. It's good on principle

but won't probably translate into much since the youth turnout has been a big disappointment for Bernie in a lot of this cycle so far.

[Avalux]

2. Not everything he does is for a vote.

This was the right thing to do regardless. That's what I love about Bernie. He has a conscience and integrity.

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3. The principle is that if you are 18 at the time of the general, you *should be able to

vote in the primary. They do it here in my state.

[pat_k]

4. Kick'n'rec (nt)