Mock the Vote

[desdemona]

Mock the Vote

College students are discouraged from voting by local election boards

By Damien Cave

Like any good American citizen, young Han wanted to cast his ballot in the presidential primaries. So in October, the sophomore at Hamilton College walked into the office of the county election board in Utica, New York, to register to vote. Han couldn't make it back to his home state of Washington to participate in its caucuses -- they were being held in February, the same week Hamilton requires sophomores to declare a major -- so he decided to vote in the state where he actually lives.

But at the election office, a county official told Han that only "permanent residents" may register to vote. College students, she informed the clean-cut twenty-year-old, must vote where their parents live. "This is just how we've always done it," county election commissioner Patricia DiSpirito told Rolling Stone. "A dorm is not a permanent residence -- it just isn't."

read the article here:

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story?id=5993354

[DudeAsInCool]

Generally speaking, voting should take place in the state you have residency. This can be troublesome if you are inbetween transferring residency while a student. The student should have voted by absentee ballot

[desdemona]

some of these kids aren't even registered yet though is the problem I think.

[ASUmusicMAN]

Yeah...I'm registered in my home state (even though I don't live there), but it's like a big pain in the ass to change. Most people I know are registered in their home states as well.

[NullsRevenge]

Im registered in my home county, mainly because i dont really care about the local races in Gainesville.

I dunno if its nationwide or just Florida but you can go into the elections supervisor's office up to a week before the election and vote early. Thats what ill probably end up doing in November.

[ASUmusicMAN]

I'm goin' absentee style for novemeber B)

[DudeAsInCool]

Straight democratic, ASU?

[ASUmusicMAN]

hmmmm...everytime I go home my parents reivigorate that good ol' republican spirit in me...so I honestly don't know, but am a registered independent ;)

[DudeAsInCool]

but am a registered independent ;)

thats the ticket - march to your own drum :thumpin: