They include proposals on workforce training and concurrent enrollment, and a bill that would prevent colleges from holding back transcripts over small unpaid bills.
A lawsuit may be needed to decide whether Colorado s 17-year-olds can really vote By Saja Hindi
Lakewood High School junior Spencer Wilcox is 16 and, unlike a lot of kids his age, is very invested in politics. He’s the president of the Colorado High School Democrats, and has worked on voter registration drives and educational campaigns to get more young people involved.
Wilcox has been looking forward to participating in the Democratic caucuses ahead of the June 2022 primaries, thanks to a 2019 Colorado law that lets 17-year-olds do that and vote in state and presidential primaries if they’ll be 18 by the time the general election comes around.
Lakewood High School junior Spencer Wilcox is 16 and, unlike a lot of kids his age, is very invested in politics. He’s the president of the Colorado High School Democrats, and has worked on voter registration drives and educational campaigns to get more young people involved.
Wilcox has been looking forward to participating in the Democratic caucuses ahead of the June 2022 primaries, thanks to a 2019 Colorado law that lets 17-year-olds do that and vote in state and presidential primaries if they’ll be 18 by the time the general election comes around.
But 17-year-olds might actually be out of luck. Voters passed Amendment 76 to the state constitution in November, which specifies that only U.S. citizens 18 and up can weigh in during elections, so lawmakers have to decide what to do about the conflict.
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FILE - An overhead view of the Senate chambers as lawmakers try to wrap up the session in the State Capitol in this file photograph taken Monday, June 15, 2020, in Denver. After taking a month off because of COVID restrictions, Colorado lawmakers will return to the Capitol for the 2021 session on Tuesday, Feb. 16. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, file)
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