<div dir="ltr">The version of the legislation recommended to the full Council by the Legislative Committee is available on the Town web site at: <div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.riverdaleparkmd.info/Announcements/Voter%20Expansion%20Charter%20Amendment%20Resolution.pdf">http://www.riverdaleparkmd.info/Announcements/Voter%20Expansion%20Charter%20Amendment%20Resolution.pdf</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>The amendment as recommended by the Legislative Committee *does* lower the voting age to 16.</div><div><br></div><div>One clarification on Kate's original note: the primaries in June are an activity of each party, so you have to have registered as a member of a party having a primary if you wish to vote in that election.</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Alan</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 1:39 PM, Sarah Wayland <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sarah.wayland@gmail.com" target="_blank">sarah.wayland@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thanks Kate - this is a very helpful summary. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">I wanted to mention that the proposed legislation that Bruce circulated does *not* reduce the voting age to 16. It only changes residency requirements. </div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">-Sarah</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div></font></span></div>
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<br></blockquote></div><br></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><br><div>Alan K. Thompson, Mayor</div><div>Town of Riverdale Park</div><div>5008 Queensbury Road, Riverdale Park, MD 20737</div><div><a href="http://www.riverdaleparkmd.info" target="_blank">http://www.riverdaleparkmd.info</a></div><div><a href="mailto:akthompson@riverdaleparkmd.gov" target="_blank">akthompson@riverdaleparkmd.gov</a></div></div></div>