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Confusing Voter Registration Laws Could Affect Presidential Election

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this is a f**king disgrace. students must have the right to vote. get on the phone and call your local voter registration office and find out what to do. if college students are left out, this country is now a dictatorship. young people need the truth. this article is eye opening BS that republicans want their way only, and forget the real people. the lies told are plain sickening and this guy should go to jail for false information.

lisa johnson of VA 12:22PM July 31, 2012

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handful of dedicated controls camera of AL 11:40PM May 19, 2010

Why is college dierent than the military. The military absentee ballot requests are easily obtained and given alloing everyon in the military the ability to vote in there resident state although living and working in another. Why is there a different standard for college students? They are suppose to be the brightest, so why would it be more difficult for them than for military personel??

GI of OR 9:29PM October 21, 2008

In presidential election the electoral college is used. The amount of votes a state has is Givenby th results of the last cencus results and for someone to vot in a state that they are not a resident should not be allowed. That is why absentee ballots are allowed. To vote outside your state of residency is to undermine the electoral college system.

jeff of ID 9:19PM October 21, 2008

I am uneasy about the student voting procedures. I was concerned about my son not being able to vote. He tells me that his campus had voter registration and he was told he would be a resident there at least 8 months out of the year, so he could register. He has only been at this out of state college for 2 months. To me he should have had to been there at least 6 months to be considered a resident of that state. This is to me is just asking for trouble on down the election road. He said he was told they were trying to get as many votes for Obama as was possible by having college students vote...that one comment alone could be grounds for a lot of legal questions later. I had prefer college students be given access to voting as an absentee ballot from their state or home in order to avoid any questions later.

mother of GA 1:16AM October 13, 2008

In response to the comment, "play it safe?" Many students aren't so fortunate as you to live close to their college. There are students that attend colleges that are so far from their parents' home they have to fly. Since election day is a Tuesday, are they be expected to fly home the night before, and fly back after voting so they can make classes on Wednesday? Not only is that expensive, it's unreasonable. It is not "trivial" for a student who lives in Maryland, but attends school is California, to want to vote where s/he attend school rather than absentee. That's why this issue is so important.

J'aime of MD 9:58AM October 03, 2008

I'm a college student, but I happen to be a commuter which means I live at home and travel to and from classes each day. Why don't all college students just register from their parents' homes, and not worry about their school addresses? If your driver's license says you live in a certain place, register from there and no one can argue. Is that correct? Anyone who says they haven't registered becuase they would prefer to register where they go to school over where their parents live is being trivial. Just do it! Get your vote out there no matter where it comes from!

Liz of PA 9:45AM October 03, 2008

one reason, in Michigan, you can't request an absentee ballot without having first voted in a major election, unless you're over 60 or disabled. Many college students have never voted before because they may have only just become of voting age, or a major election has not happened since they turned 18, so can't fulfill the requirements to obtain an absentee ballot.
Catch-22.

Bryn of MI 1:50PM October 02, 2008

While waiting in an ER in Houston for over 14 hrs.to be treated for a fracture I overheard the Katrina freeloaders bragging about much "Good "S**T (Hurricane Relief)you can get with no proof of hardship to a rapt audience .What proved the Deal Breaker for me was witnessing a college age ( very draftable) OBAMA Operative Trolling for Voters there- among The Huddled Masses. The pain in my broken arm was forgotten because of what I had seen & heard .Truly DESPICABLE.

Jonathan of TX 11:09AM October 02, 2008

Whatever engages people in the political process should be built on. Voting is one of the only ways we currently have as common citizens to voice our opinion with any real merit (and even that is relative). As citizens of a representative democracy, we are a far cry from true representation and I am of the opinion that the system has never been as broken as it is in current times. For years people have felt disengaged and don't even bother to vote, feeling "what difference does it make?" Seizing the momentum that has been building this election is crucial if we're to take back our democracy and begin, as the people for the people, to steer our country in the direction we want it to go, instead of the direction it has been going for a number of years now--the special interests that, overtaken by greed, act in their own best interest to the detriment of the rest of the country. It doesn't matter who you're voting for this election, you should remember that this country was built on the principle that the people's voice be heard--ALL the people--and, thus, all obstacles to getting the vote out should be removed. Students bring a wealth of insight in their voice, as by nature of their current position in life, they're one of the most informed groups in society. This can really only be seen as an ultimate positive, can't it? The legalities need to follow the vision, not hinder it. For true engagement, it would make sense that college students vote "where they live." Establishing residency and other issues are crucial considerations, but I think it's time that we give some deliberative thought as a country to this issue and establish some Constitutional principles with regards to our times and bring all states up to a consensused par. Shame on anyone who would want to thwart "all voices being heard" and accounted for. Let's become a great nation once again!

Teri Foss of WA 11:58AM September 30, 2008