[Darnright]

I'm sorry, but do we not have a system that provides for absentee balloting in this nation? Allowing students to vote as residents of the county in which they study makes no sense whatsoever, and doing so has the potential to radically alter local elections.

[Darnright]

Virginia ping

[peggybac]

Voting is determined on your residence. Dorms are temporary housing for students whose residences, most likely, are where their parents live. If these college kids are so darn smart, you’d think they have heard of absentee ballots.

[FlingWingFlyer]

This was how the Kollege Kiddie Krusaders got rid of J.D. Hayworth in Arizona and replaced him with the lowest rated representative currently serving in the House. They’d do the absentee ballot from where they came while still voting a few times in Arizona. “One man, one vote.” Except for college kiddies. They like to vote and can do so as many times as they want. We don’t want to hurt their feelings.

[EggsAckley]

“Allowing students to vote as residents of the county in which they study makes no sense whatsoever, and doing so has the potential to radically alter local elections.”

You could not be more correct. Take for example, the County of Santa Cruz California. Politically controlled by the transient student population.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

...said he is similarly excited about the prospects of a huge youth turnout.

Prepare to be let down again, like you were in 00 and 04.

[Huntress]

So long as students only vote in one place, I don’t see a problem. I’ve been out of college 15 years and I still find it annoying that so many locals in college towns are perfectly willing to accept studens’ money and labor in their local economies, but don’t want them to have a say in anything political. A lot of college towns would be insignificant backwaters were it not for their local colleges, the jobs they provide, and the money that they and their student populations pump into the local economy and tax bases. Besides, a liberal vote in Charlottesville, Blacksburg, or whatever college town is one less liberal vote somewhere else.

[FlingWingFlyer]

There was a story a few months back about some “college” that was going to issue “zero balance” electrical bills to all dorm students so they could register to vote in that state.

[Roccus]

Yet another reason I lost all faith in the integrity of our voting system a long, long time ago. It is a farce!

[JSDude1]

I agree, unless you seek permanent off campus residence (in the state you go to school in)-which nullifies your residence/registration in another state. Then you shouldn’t have the right to vote in that state, get an absentee ballot instead (I did all throughout college) :)! I am from Indiana, but went to college in Virginia.

[CharlesWayneCT]

But Obama campaign officials said they had never heard of students' dependency status on their parents' tax forms affected by their voter registration and added that other laws the release cited are rarely enforced or subject to interpretation

Translation: We want students to break the laws because when nobody thought to break the laws those laws didn't need to be enforced.