Court upholds 17-year-olds? right to vote

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Voters who will turn 18 in time for the November general election can vote in Maryland s primary Tuesday, after the state?s highest court upheld a lower court?s ruling Friday.

Youth who turn 18 by Nov. 4 can register and vote in the primary, which includes nonpartisan elections for local school boards, according to the ruling by the Maryland Court of Appeals.

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