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...register college students. Education is highly correlated to voter registration, he said, and this generation is “a generation of voters.” In addition, registering older voters in th e habit of not voting is more difficult than registering young people who have yet to form their habits, Green said. This year, however, one in particular issue may draw voters to the polls. “The economy is tanking,” Tao said. “People will see this affecting their pocketbooks before the election. Sometimes you’ll get an issue...
...Pymol, or coming up with some harebrained scheme to entertain and distract his friends, they said. The aspiring oncologist passed away last week at the age of 19, bringing an end to his four-and-a-half year battle with desmoplastic small round cell tumor, a rare and aggressive form of cancer. Friends and family said that Friedman exuded brightness—both in his intellect and his personality. His optimism even in the face of his bleak prognosis was the first trait noted by all who spoke of him. “Mikey had this ability...
...American citizen and could register to vote, I would be concerned. I would be calling my local elections office and printing a Massachusetts voter registration form in anticipation of the deadline tomorrow. I would do this because states across the country are lost in bureaucratic labyrinths before the vote on November 4—and they risk losing us with them...
...election office can’t contact the voter issuing a “flagged” application, he is either not added to the rolls (in states like Florida and Iowa) or has to vote by provisional ballot. That’s assuming that the flagged form is even processed before Election Day. When you add a college student’s need to vote absentee, the procedure gets even murkier...
...Kafkaesque procedures like those in Mississippi—where people must actually call in to request a request form for an absentee ballot—that convince me that unforgiving voting laws are greater culprits in low youth turnout than political disinterest. In a recent IOP Survey, conducted last spring, 72 percent of surveyed college students said they would be voting in the general election, a 10-point increase relative to 2000. Meanwhile, ask a college student how he can vote absentee: According to the 2003 Survey, one in three students will tell you he has no idea...