Young Voters Rights
Now, as you know we College Democrats are currently trying to get Democrats elected. Makes sense. However, we also try to reach out and support our various democratic ideals too. So here's a chance for you to help do just that by protecting young people's right to vote.
That's right. As you know this government is set up on a complicated system which, among many things, helps to protect it's citizens liberties and rights. Well, the right to vote is being denied for many young student's this year, and it is time we got involved.
I'll let MTV's Vote or Lose subsidiary MTV's New Voters Project explain.
New Voters Project - Young Voters Right to Vote
You're registered. You're planning to vote. And maybe you're thinking your job is done, right? Think again, my friend. There's plenty you can do to make sure that young voters aren't forgotten this year. Even as young Americans are fighting to protect civil rights around the world, students here at home are routinely being denied the right to vote. That's why we've launched a petition to protect the rights of voters our age. Click this link to sign the petition and make them pay attention to us: http://www.newvotersproject.org/petition
Legally, everyone has the right to vote where they live, even if it's your address at school. But some local election officials don't like this fact, and they often try to scare students into not voting, or create legal barriers to stop them from casting ballots.
Recently in New Mexico, a group of politicians attempted to force tens of thousands of newly registered voters to meet strict ID requirements. The move could have kept thousands of our peers in New Mexico from voting this November, but thanks to the work of our New Voters Project organizers on the ground in New Mexico, the judge dismissed the case.
In another instance, county District Attorney Oliver Kitzman tried to intimidate Prairie View A&M University students in Texas from voting. He went so far as to threaten to prosecute students who declared Prairie View as their permanent residence.
At George Mason University, 2,000 student voter registration forms were rejected by the local board of elections because students used their campus addresses. Election officials even called up some students and tried to get them to change their campus addresses back to their home addresses. Eventually the students who tried to exercise their right to vote at school were told the registration forms had been lost!
Sign the Petition for Student Voting Rights today, and help protect not only your own rights, but the rights of our peers nationwide to go to the polls in November. Sign the petition today at this link: http://www.newvotersproject.org/petition Your right to vote won't defend itself.
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The New Voters Project is a non-partisan campaign dedicated to increasing voter turnout among 18-24-year-olds in 2004. We are sponsored by the state PIRGs and the George Washington University Graduate School of Political Management. Please visit us at our new website at http://www.newvotersproject.org/ for more information.
That's right. As you know this government is set up on a complicated system which, among many things, helps to protect it's citizens liberties and rights. Well, the right to vote is being denied for many young student's this year, and it is time we got involved.
I'll let MTV's Vote or Lose subsidiary MTV's New Voters Project explain.
New Voters Project - Young Voters Right to Vote
You're registered. You're planning to vote. And maybe you're thinking your job is done, right? Think again, my friend. There's plenty you can do to make sure that young voters aren't forgotten this year. Even as young Americans are fighting to protect civil rights around the world, students here at home are routinely being denied the right to vote. That's why we've launched a petition to protect the rights of voters our age. Click this link to sign the petition and make them pay attention to us: http://www.newvotersproject.org/petition
Legally, everyone has the right to vote where they live, even if it's your address at school. But some local election officials don't like this fact, and they often try to scare students into not voting, or create legal barriers to stop them from casting ballots.
Recently in New Mexico, a group of politicians attempted to force tens of thousands of newly registered voters to meet strict ID requirements. The move could have kept thousands of our peers in New Mexico from voting this November, but thanks to the work of our New Voters Project organizers on the ground in New Mexico, the judge dismissed the case.
In another instance, county District Attorney Oliver Kitzman tried to intimidate Prairie View A&M University students in Texas from voting. He went so far as to threaten to prosecute students who declared Prairie View as their permanent residence.
At George Mason University, 2,000 student voter registration forms were rejected by the local board of elections because students used their campus addresses. Election officials even called up some students and tried to get them to change their campus addresses back to their home addresses. Eventually the students who tried to exercise their right to vote at school were told the registration forms had been lost!
Sign the Petition for Student Voting Rights today, and help protect not only your own rights, but the rights of our peers nationwide to go to the polls in November. Sign the petition today at this link: http://www.newvotersproject.org/petition Your right to vote won't defend itself.
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The New Voters Project is a non-partisan campaign dedicated to increasing voter turnout among 18-24-year-olds in 2004. We are sponsored by the state PIRGs and the George Washington University Graduate School of Political Management. Please visit us at our new website at http://www.newvotersproject.org/ for more information.
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