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Originally posted by pinkyphimu
i like the idea of voter registration drives, but how do you do it on a college campus where there are students from just about every state
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A situation happened last year in Arkansas where a county judge ordered that all college students in that county that registered with a University address/PO Box were ineligible to vote in that county and had their names struck from the registered voter list. This was for a state election (not national). His argument was that these students aren't permanent residents of that county and therefore are ineligible to vote in that county.
That decision got overturned rather quickly.....his county has 2 colleges in it. One of them is a large Baptist University.....where the current Governor's (who was up for reelection) daughter attended school....and the Governor himself is a Baptist Minister. So.....that little decision didn't last long.
But it does bring up the point that some towns/counties may have guidelines on how the students are registered to vote, etc. That would be worth checking into.
PsychTau