1. Why were 17 year-olds in Colorado able to vote in the March 3 presidential primaries?

2. How many 17-year-olds voted? - What percent of eligible 17-year-olds voted?

3. How many of these voters voted in each party’s primary?

4. How many other states have passed a voter law for 17-year-olds? Is your state one of them?

5. Why hasn’t Colorado held a primary in 20 years?

6. Secretary of State Jena Griswold said in a statement, “As the youngest Secretary of State in the country, it is important to me that young people’s voices are heard in Colorado elections.”
a) How important is it to you? Explain your answer.
b) Congressional Democrats in 2019 voted to lower the federal voting age from 18 to 16, although it was not passed by the Republican-controlled Senate. With whom do you agree, Democrats or Republicans? Should 16-year-olds be allowed to vote? Why or why not?
c) Why do you think Democrats want to lower the voting age and Republicans do not?
d) Ask a parent what he/she thinks the voting age should be and to explain.