{"id":33435,"date":"2013-04-30T20:13:45","date_gmt":"2013-05-01T02:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/04\/30\/a-splendid-civics-lesson-from-the-gop-to-todays-youth.html"},"modified":"2013-05-01T07:37:13","modified_gmt":"2013-05-01T13:37:13","slug":"a-splendid-civics-lesson-from-the-gop-to-todays-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/04\/30\/a-splendid-civics-lesson-from-the-gop-to-todays-youth.html","title":{"rendered":"A splendid civics lesson from the GOP to today's youth"},"content":{"rendered":"
Though it is legal (indeed, constitutionally mandated, per the Supreme Court) for college students to register and vote in the college communities they are temporarily attending, that just doesn't sit right with some state GOP legislatures. So they keep trying to find ways to discourage it, like:<\/p>\n

– Not letting parents deduct their student kids as dependents if they register to vote at college (North "We hate taxes, unless we can use them to do stuff we like" Carolina)<\/p>\n

– Requiring colleges to treat students who register to vote there as in-state students, creating a financial disincentive to the colleges that have been encouraging them to register to vote. (Ohio)<\/p>\n

The problem being, of course, that college students tend to vote Democratic, and thus affect local and state-wide politics. \u00a0If only they could be discouraged from voting while young and radical, or at least until they go back home, then (the Republican thought seems to be) all would be well.<\/p>\n

A great lesson in civics and civil responsibility, GOP. \u00a0You get a gold star and an American flag for that one.<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Paula Jones<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Boy, the Republicans are really afraid of the youth vote.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Fear of the youth vote, now in Ohio<\/a>
\n The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1979 that students have a constitutional right to vote where they go to school, even if they’re considered an out-of-state student. But since the 2012 election, Republi…\n <\/p>\n

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Though it is legal (indeed, constitutionally mandated, per the Supreme Court) for college students to register and vote in the college communities they are temporarily attending, that just doesn't sit right with some state GOP legislatures. So they keep trying to find ways to discourage it, like: – Not letting parents deduct their student kids … Continue reading “A splendid civics lesson from the GOP to today's youth”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,9,347],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-politics-law","category-voting-rights"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33053,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/04\/04\/stay-classy-north-carolina-gop.html","url_meta":{"origin":33435,"position":0},"title":"Stay classy, North Carolina GOP!","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 4-Apr-13 7:54am","format":false,"excerpt":"Because, of course, the GOP in general would love to see college student voting drop because, well, it tends to go Democratic. \u00a0Thus this lovely bill that says, \"As far as N Carolina is concerned, if your kid\u00a0registers to vote someplace other than at your home, they can't be claimed\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":24901,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/27\/suppressing-the-youth-vote.html","url_meta":{"origin":33435,"position":1},"title":"Suppressing the Youth Vote","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 27-Dec-11 9:09am","format":false,"excerpt":"Not that I expect that young voters will be as enthusiastic for Obama as they were in 2008 -- but the GOP isn't taking any chances. 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