And you said there are “valid reasons for having students base their voting at their parents address”… your reason being… that college students move a lot? So… are you saying they shouldn’t be allowed to vote in the district they live in? Because that’s what happened here (or at least what was attempted, and did work for deterring some). And the absentee ballot is the biggest reason young people aren’t heard: college students, a large portion of young voters, vote mostly by absentee ballots which so often go uncounted.

http://www.michiganmessenger.com/4076/lose-your-house-lose-your-vote

We registered in January, anyone who wasnt 18 at the time was sent home with a voter reg card.

It definitely is a shame that civics class isnt around. Maybe if the government stops cutting federal funding for education…. but thats a different topic….

I was just joking around with you, seattle steve.

“How is it these kids arent already registered? We did it right in History class back in High School. The same day we registered for the draft.”

Ummm… You need to be 18 before the next upcoming election in most states and since most college kids start college at 17 you can see the reason why they may not be registered yet.

Must schools don’t even have a civics class anymore which is a shame.

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Additionally, my original comment was not posted to this site (and no, it did not contain any vulgarity or anything like that-the post that he did choose to allow was much harsher due to my original post being censored), incredible hypocrisy if you ask me.

Voter suppression and election fraud has been going on much longer then Ohio in 2004 and Florida in 2000. The over whelming majority of voter suppression incidents has been against minorities and poor people who tend to be Democrats.

Saying that, we need better efforts to stop voter suppression and fraud. This will not happen unless citizens get educated about how our election system works and demand reform in how our elections are run.

Ideas and Revolution – If you’re not outraged you’re not reading this blog

I’m a huge Obama supporter, but what is stated here is awful spin. I registered voters on campus in 2004 in Michigan and there were many similar concerns…in fact, may registrations were rejected because they weren’t completed correctly. I agree that we need to have a better system, but this was not the work of devil Republicans trying to keep the young folk down. There are plenty of real reasons to go after the GOP…you don’t need to spin nonsense and discredit yourself.

The high road is a great idea. Don’t read the Huffington Puffington.

Thank you for being vigilant about Republican corruption. It is a dirty, thankless, and never ending job, but somebody has to do it. We disenfranchised, alienated, and bitter members of the suffering class are deeply appreciative.