Last December, the Maryland Board of Elections reinstated policy allowing 17-year-olds who would turn 18 before the November general election to cast ballots in the Democratic or Republican primaries of February. Those kids had to register by Jan. 22. A lot of them did and -- to no one's surprise -- the majority registered with the Democratic Party. The numbers have been not widely reported, but here they are: Of the 15,235 17-year-olds who registered, 8,593 signed up as Democrats, 2,604 did not pick a party affiliation and another 4,038 signed up as Republicans or other affiliations. There has been a lot more registration since then among the 17- and 18-year-olds. Check out today's column for more.