3-20-17 league of women voters says 17 yr olds voting shows need for better voter education

The director of the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin says the unusual spike in 17 year olds voting illegally in the April 2016 primaries shows the need for greater voter education.   The state elections commission says as many as seventy 17 year olds across the state, including a student in Fond du Lac thought they could legally vote if they turned 18 before the next election.  League of Women Voters director Andrea Kaminski told WFDL news there needs to be better training available for election officials and better voter education.  Kaminski says part of the confusion may be that 22 other states allow 17 year olds to vote and in Wisconsin 17 year olds can register to vote if they turn 18 before the next election.