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...running neck and neck in the Massachusetts primary. Unfortunately for those who are not signed up yet, the Commonwealth does not allow residents simultaneously to register and cast their vote on election day. Seven states have implemented some form of Election Day Registration (EDR), a policy that permits voters to register when they arrive at the polls. A bill that would allow EDR in Massachusetts is currently being considered in the State Senate. The policy is shown to increase voter turnout, especially among young people. In 2004, almost 59 percent of voters ages 18 to 24 cast a ballot...
...nothing at all. Many of the Web sites for these counties also provide no information. The 800 number for the Los Angeles County Registrar, for example, was disconnected, and calls to the local number given were unanswered. Only upon e-mailing the office and waiting three days was this voter able to find out the price of postage, which turned out to be the standard 41 cents...
...Many students may be unaware that their absentee ballots require postage in the first place. After all, the absentee voter materials are sent postage-paid (as they should be), and nowhere in many of the Voter Instruction guides does it remind the voter to put on postage at all. Some ballots read, “If you are unsure of the postage cost, please check with your local office of the U.S. Postal Service,” but why should this burden be placed on the voter? While college students may be near post offices and therefore able to spend...
...comparison to other democratic nations around the world, the United States suffers from very low voter turnout. And considering all of the voting issues we’ve faced in the last eight years, any opportunity to help more people vote should be seized. To be sure, the price of postage is only one issue among many—including on-site registration and limited absentee voting—but it’s one that needs to be addressed sooner rather than later. The process of voting by mail needs to be made more straightforward or citizens...
...Black Youth Vote BYV!, the youth division of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, focuses on voter registration for African Americans in seven states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan and Texas. According to the group's statistics, nearly 50% of the black American electorate is made up of men and women under...