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Last Updated on Tuesday, 5 February 2008 11:51 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 5 February 2008 11:51
But not in partisan elections… interesting
The Maryland Attorney General’s Office appealed Monday a ruling issued Friday by an Anne Arundel County judge that 17-year-olds have the right to vote in nonpartisan elections as long as they are 18 by the date of the general election.
The Maryland Court of Appeals has scheduled a Friday hearing on the appeal, said Raquel Guillory, a spokeswoman for Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler.
‘‘We believe we correctly applied the initial case,” Guillory said.
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