The southern Vermont town of Brattleboro will allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote in local elections.Vermont Gov. Phil Scott vetoed the bill that allowed the teens to vote, but the Democratic-controlled Legislature overrode the governor's veto.Scott believes lowering the voting age would only worsen the inconsistencies in Vermont law on the age of adulthood. Sixteen-
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Sixteen- and 17-year-olds will be allowed to vote in local elections in a prominent Vermont town and serve on the community’s selectboard if elected after the Democrat-controlled state Legislature overrode