tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post179029016813149009..comments2024-03-18T16:42:05.148-05:00Comments on WataugaWatch: Impeccable Logic: Candidates That College Students Don't Vote For Don't Want College Students To VoteJ.W. Williamsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17694324792688711136noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-60292514249019788412015-10-27T15:11:49.334-05:002015-10-27T15:11:49.334-05:00Dem12 - You can't word such a restriction and ...Dem12 - You can't word such a restriction and have it sound reasonable. That's why you see across the country - state legislatures and local Board's of Elections making up rules and legislation that makes it more difficult. They don't enact these rules because they don't believe everyone has a right to vote. They enact them to diminish turnout of groups of people that don't benefit their political party's candidate.<br /><br />I'm a Republican running for the NC House seat in the Watauga and Ashe County district against Jonathan Jordan in March. I understand students on average vote for Democrats more often than Republicans. My job is to give the students a reason to vote for me, not put up obstacles to make it hard to vote at all.<br /><br />Lew Hendricks<br />www.hendricks4nchouse.com<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-7161015999916907492015-10-27T11:52:35.090-05:002015-10-27T11:52:35.090-05:00It's interesting to me that they trot out the ...It's interesting to me that they trot out the same old tired arguments against student voting, but they never have a concrete proposal to address. So I'm asking: to all of you lurkers who think that ASU students shouldn't be allowed to vote in local elections: exactly how would you word such a restriction? You can't just say "ASU students aren't allowed to vote in Watauga elections" because there are a lot of ASU students who are FROM Watauga County. You can't say "If your address is a dorm, then you can't vote" for the same reason - there are many Watauga natives who live in the dorms. There is no way to codify the idea of a permanent address, because NO address is really permanent. Many students come here and live for 4 years. If a 35-year-old man was transferred here for a job and only remained here 1 year, he would be allowed to register and vote, right? How then can we prevent students who are here for 4 years from voting?Dem12noreply@blogger.com