Sanders Preparing for Battle Over Ohio’s 17-Year-Old Voters

  • Younger voters have swarmed to Sanders and his `revolution'
  • Threshold voters are 17 during the primary, 18 by Election Day

Senator Bernie Sanders speaks during a campaign rally at Milton High School in Milton, Massachusetts, on Feb. 29, 2016.

Photographer: Scott Eisen/Bloomberg
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Bernie Sanders is going into battle for Ohio’s youngest voters.

A federal judge in Columbus is weighing the Democratic presidential candidate’s request for an order allowing 17-year-olds to vote in the state’s March 15 primary if they’ll be 18 by Election Day.