I don't know. My guess is that students usually don't vote in local elections whether they are eligible to or not. Someone ought to find out what the law says. If they're eligible, then they ought to organize and get students registered to vote in the upcoming election. They are being attacked by the media, the community and it looks like the DA. He should pay a price. I'm still not sure these students are innocent. But I really hate what the DA is trying to do to them. If the DNA showed their guilt, I think he would release it.
In some municipalities where the college is as big as the town, they intentionally schedule their city elections for when school is out of session. Why have transients decide who runs the city?