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JANUARY 9, 2014
Vol. 58 No. 14
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17-year-old registration for voting begins Jan. 1
Countywide “Democracy Week” set for Feb. 3-7 to register 17-year-olds
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Beginning Jan. 1, 2014, most Illinois 17-year-olds will be eligible to register and vote in a primary election – a first in our state’s history, Cook County Clerk David Orr said today. The new “suffrage at Cook County Clerk 17” law will let David Orr voters choose in the primary election which candidates will be nominated to represent political parties in the general election. “This expansion of voter registration will allow more young people to See VOTING, page 3