NBC news, RE: students newly registered

[babylonsister]

Seems there may be many disenfranchised students. They register to vote but because they didn't change their residency to where they're attending college, they may not be able to vote. I think this sucks. Why are barriers being put up when everyone has been encouraged to vote? And why aren't there across-the-board rules for every state? It's maddening, I tell ya, maddening!

[nonconformist]

1. Isn't registering to vote one of the WAYS to establish residency?

Got a link?

[babylonsister]

2. These students registered in their home state,

according to the story, but are being told they cannot vote where they're attending school. I know, absentee ballot is the way to go, but I'll bet there are a lot of kids out there not aware of this. And no, sorry, I don't have a link. I watched the only nightly news available here today due to football.

[wildeyed]

8. Here is a link for students who think they are being denied

the right to vote. http://www.studentsuffrage.com/denied.php

If someone tries to turn them away at the polls, tell them to demand a provisional ballot.

College students have a huge stake in this upcoming election, what with the draft rumors and all. Their voices need to be heard.

[Warpy]

3. One of the biggest barriers to voting is having the election

on a weekday, when most people are working, but assigning them to polling places near their homes instead of their jobs. This is clearly insane, unless your aim is to prevent people who work for a living from voting.

Then again, the GOP has always fought every change in the system that would favor working people tooth and nail.

[madmom]

6. my husbands union shop got election day ....

declared a holiday for employees,to make it easier to vote.Should be a federal holiday.

[babylonsister]

7. I remember when I worked for the government years ago

we were given time off to vote. I thought this was a rule, or just understood? Though I guess now, nothing is understood or as it was.

[Barney Rocks]

4. you are supposed to

vote where you reside.

Students have to decide--and vote where they reside.

I went through school with a roommate from Illinois--she always continued to vote in Illinois instead of the state where she went to school. Illinois was her residence, she paid out of state tuition--and was not considered a resident where we went to school so it would not have been correct for her to vote there when she was considered an Illinois resident.

[NC_Nurse]

5. My daughter registered where she is in college.

She had no hassles, but she is going to an in-state school and wasn't registered before she moved (she just turned 18). My oldest daughter switched her registration easily to where she is in school, but she doesn't live on campus, she has an apartment. I suppose that could make a difference.