governor, secretary of state, state insurance commissioner a doctor, businessman and 17-year-old tyler ruzicc side a former wichita mayor, a farmer a family doctor are up against 17-year-old jack ferguson. the students have gotten a unique taste of the process taking stands, participating in debates all before graduating from high school. i wanted to see what they've learned and are thinking about the issues. alet me begin with you. you are 17. you can't vote. what should the voting age be, in local elections, there has been a trend across the country to lower the age. what should that number be? >> i really believe 16 would be a better number, most people can drive. people can, you can work a part-time job. you are paying taxes. a lot of 16-year-olds are productive members of our society. i believe they should have a right to say how the government functions. there are a lot of 16-year-olds more politically aware than people much old early. i think i not much about age but political awareness an with the rise of the internet and things, it is easier than ever for within people to be informe

governor, secretary of state and state insurance commissioner, a doctor, a businessman and 17-year-old tyler ruzicer wichita mayor and a family doctor are up against 17-year-old jack bergeson and even participating in debates all before graduating from high school. i wanted to see what they've learned and what they're thinking about their issues. jack, let me begin with you. you're 17 and you can't vote. what should the voting age be? in local elections there has been a trend across the country to lower the age. what should that number be? >> i really believe 16 would be a better number. at 16 most people can drive. people can -- you can work a part-time job. you're paying taxes and -- a lot of 16-year-olds are productive members of our society and i believe they should have the right to say how the government functions and there are more 16-year-olds that are more politically aware they know than people that are much older. i don't think it's as much about age than with political awareness and with the rise of the internet it's easier than ever for younger people to know about politics and 16 wou