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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: PaleoConPrep on January 01, 2016, 03:45:33 am

Title: What does this mean?
Post by: PaleoConPrep on January 01, 2016, 03:45:33 am

I'm 16, and I live in Virginia( I will be 17 in May)
I was wondering if I am eligible to vote in the 2016 Virginia primary
The law says you must.  "Be 18 years old (any person who is 17 years old and will be eighteen years of age at the next general election shall be permitted to register in advance and also vote in any intervening primary or special election)."
When it says you have to be 18 by the "next" general election, do they mean the upcoming one, or the one next year?  Again, I'm 16 now, and I'll be 17 in May. Can I vote in the primary?

Title: Re: What does this mean?
Post by: EC on January 01, 2016, 08:08:44 am

No. You are a year short, sadly.

Basically, you have to be 18 on or by election day in order to be able to vote in the primary, you're going to be 6 months short of that.

Note: doesn't apply if you are a Democrat voter ....

Title: Re: What does this mean?
Post by: PaleoConPrep on January 01, 2016, 08:21:29 am

EC
LOL! You're right about Lib voters.