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truth-has-a-liberal-bias: Keeping College Students From the Polls - NYTimes.com (In 2012), thousands of students on college campuses will attempt to register to vote and be turned away. Sorry, they will hear, you have an out-of-state driver’s license. Sorry, your college ID is not valid here. Sorry, we found out that you paid out-of-state tuition, so even though you do have a state driver’s license, you still can’t vote. - “Imposing these restrictions to win an election will embitter a generation of students in its first encounter with the machinery of democracy.”

truth-has-a-liberal-bias:

Keeping College Students From the Polls - NYTimes.com

(In 2012), thousands of students on college campuses will attempt to register to vote and be turned away. Sorry, they will hear, you have an out-of-state driver’s license. Sorry, your college ID is not valid here. Sorry, we found out that you paid out-of-state tuition, so even though you do have a state driver’s license, you still can’t vote.

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“Imposing these restrictions to win an election will embitter a generation of students in its first encounter with the machinery of democracy.”

(via occupyallstreets)

Dec 28 · 148 notes
Tags: vote, voting rights, civil rights, college, students, politics, news, for fuck's sake,
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    “Low life” is right. How can we keep standing for this horseshit?
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    Reblogging for the “glistening trail” comment. I’ve got to keep that in phrase mind. XD
  11. darkpuck reblogged this from crowdog66 and added:
    Funny thing about votes. Turns out Rick Perry was unable to get onto the VA primary because he didn’t have enough...
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  13. crowdog66 reblogged this from emir-dynamite and added:
    Most politicians leave a glistening trail behind them wherever they go, but Republicans seem to be a particularly slimy...
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  21. raltvater reblogged this from occupyallstreets and added:
    Aren’t you not supposed to be ID’d at the polls? This is outrageous.
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  24. demonicpirate reblogged this from occupyallstreets and added:
    Oh come on. They aren’t even TRYING to hide it.
  25. inmidnightsandcupsofcoffee reblogged this from occupyallstreets and added:
    I mean I can’t vote yet anyway, but what the hell. The rest of my friends can, and should be … The amount of fuckery is...
  26. mystrich reblogged this from occupyallstreets and added:
    Or you know, people could go through the proper procedures and apply for an out-of-state ballot. There’s a specific...
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