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Because local officials have wide latitude in interpreting election laws that vary from state to state, misunderstandings - or misinformation - could have an even greater impact this year than in 2004, given the anticipated bulge in student turnout. Most of the trouble comes from nailing down where college students should be...
Legal misunderstandings are one thing, but some registrars seem to make political decisions about whether students get to vote locally. In Virginia, for example, where the law stipulates that voters must establish "domicile" in their precincts to register but never defines that term, youth-voter advocates say it's no...
ACORN was founded by community organizer Wade Rathke in 1970, in Little Rock, Arkansas. Rathke, who had worked as an organizer for the National Welfare Rights Organization in Missouri, wanted to start a group that worked with an entire community, not just welfare recipients. The early version of ACORN helped...
Generally speaking, it’s safe to say that voting for college students is a genuine ordeal. Jetting home on Election Day is usually not an option, so we must either register to vote at college or vote absentee back home. This means worrying where our registration should be...
Harvard students: Across the United States, dozens of county election offices are currently processing your registration forms. It’s your duty to make sure you’re not falling through the cracks, and to let your local officials know that you care about those people who do...