The Conservative War on Education Part II: College Students vote "Foolishly"

There is a battle being waged right now by republicans in 32 states to restrict and in essence eliminate the ability of college students to vote. Many republicans have gone on the offensive against the large block of democrat voters which is the college students of America. In Texas they have passed legislation blocking students from using their college ID cards to prove their identification with two exceptions: the elderly and those with concealed carry permits. In New Hampshire republicans are taking it even further. One piece of legislation there would only allow students to vote in their college town if their parents have registered to vote in that same town. This should be illegal to do, why because once a student reaches the age of 18 their life choices should not be defined by their parents residency status. Another piece of legislation that they are considering is to eliminate same-day voting. This will be extremely damaging to the college students of New Hampshire since many of them do not register until election day. These republicans are doing this for one purpose purpose, they want to win, no matter how many votes are sacrificed along the way. College students tend to vote democrat, the Speaker of the House for the NH Senate says it is because we “lack life experience” and we “vote our feelings”, which is another way to say that he couldn't find any other reason for this bill to be passed so lets say that they aren't old enough to make the correct decision. If these republicans are so worried about students not voting for them then maybe the republican party should start representing the views of the people instead of the small extremely religious portion of our country. But don’t think that you’re safe, this legislation could land on your very own doorstep. As college students we should be contacting our elected officials often and in large numbers demanding that any such measures should be immediately thrown out, and threaten a recall if they aren't.

Written and Posted by: Peter Jenkins