Confusing Voter Registration Laws Could Affect Presidential Election
Nikki Schwab
U.S. News & World Report
September 25, 2008
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Imagine you’re a college student and you’ll be voting for the first time in November. You hear from some that you’re able to register to vote at your university address. You are warned by others that if you do, you could lose a scholarship, or health or car insurance, and you’ll have to get a new driver’s license, too. You consider voting absentee, only to be told by get-out-the-vote volunteers that your absentee ballot really counts only if the election is close.
Confused yet?
Virginia Tech students certainly were when they were delivered these conflicting messages over the past few weeks. With voter registration drives in full swing on campus, students got word from the local registrar of elections that they could face consequences if they registered to vote in Blacksburg–they could lose residency-based scholarships, or their tax status could change–even though, according to the Supreme Court, students have the right to vote where they go to college.
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