Post by pavel on May 13, 2016 1:17:00 GMT -6
The state’s first bloc of 17-year-olds who are qualified to vote numbers 1,267.
They can cast ballots in the June 7 primary elections, a spokesman for the Secretary of State’s Office said this week.
A new state law allows 17-year-olds to register and vote in the June primaries if they will turn 18 before the general election on Nov. 8. State legislators approved the measure this year and Gov. Susana Martinez signed it.
Of the New Mexico 17-year-olds who registered to vote in the primaries, 874 are Democrats and 393 are Republicans.
Another 316 17-year-olds also registered, but they cannot cast a ballot in a primary because they did not align themselves with either major political party. New Mexico’s primaries are open only to those voters registered as Democrats or Republicans.
Read more: www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/hundreds-of-newly-eligible--year-olds-register-for-voting/article_492c47b4-18ca-11e6-8242-2f4f4419fc4b.html
They can cast ballots in the June 7 primary elections, a spokesman for the Secretary of State’s Office said this week.
A new state law allows 17-year-olds to register and vote in the June primaries if they will turn 18 before the general election on Nov. 8. State legislators approved the measure this year and Gov. Susana Martinez signed it.
Of the New Mexico 17-year-olds who registered to vote in the primaries, 874 are Democrats and 393 are Republicans.
Another 316 17-year-olds also registered, but they cannot cast a ballot in a primary because they did not align themselves with either major political party. New Mexico’s primaries are open only to those voters registered as Democrats or Republicans.
Read more: www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/hundreds-of-newly-eligible--year-olds-register-for-voting/article_492c47b4-18ca-11e6-8242-2f4f4419fc4b.html