Should College Students be allowed to vote where they attend college

[Sundae]

Students should apply for postal registration for their home town.
In my opinion it's better that they shouldn't be eligible to vote somewhere where they are (statistically) unlikely to be living for the full future term of the candidates.

Yes, they might not end up living back where they came from either, but the fact that their families probably will, might prevent them from making protest votes?

Hey Bruce - what happened to no taxation without representation?

ETA due to Rich's post - in cases where the student does not have a permanent "home" ie family address, then of course their place of residence should be their college location. No-one of age should ever be denied the vote - many people in the past died to get the vote, its importance should never be under-estimated.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

Hey Bruce - what happened to no taxation without representation?

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

They shouldn't be allowed to vote at all, until they've worked for a living and paid taxes. :p

[monster]

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

Hey Bruce - what happened to no taxation without representation?

We've been paying taxes for 7 years and still can't vote......


apparently the fact that we live somewhere with politicians to represent us counts as representation, even if we get no say in who it is. A bit like the state providing you with an attorney to defend you when they prosecute you, maybe....

[xoxoxoBruce]

You can't choose who represents you, but you can still bitch at them if you don't like the way they are doing it. They won't check to see if you're a registered voter or not.
In truth they probably won't put much stock in your individual complaints either, but will add it to their constituent mood file of complaint topics.

Are you planning on applying for citizenship?

[Skunks]

I vote in the town that I go to school; it was a vague semi-hawkish decision that I don't really know how to rationalize anymore; something about being more interested in voting in '06 in NY than in OR.

But, as a question in the abstract: Change of residency seems almost to be on hiatus when in school; NY flatly states that, for the purposes of gaining residency (i.e. in-state tuition rates), for at least one year your primary reason for living in NY has to be something other than higher education. This makes me think that I can retain my OR residency, insofar as the DMV, my heart, etc, are concerned (never fully changed to NY residency), while voting and paying taxes (working only NY jobs, to avoid part-time-resident tax forms) in NY...

Which really comes to the crux of the issue. Whether or not college students work, providing direct income tax for the town/etc, they're consumers on a vast scale, providing semi-direct income. It seems only reasonable to permit some political input, however flaccid.

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by Skunks

Which really comes to the crux of the issue. Whether or not college students work, providing direct income tax for the town/etc, they're consumers on a vast scale, providing semi-direct income. It seems only reasonable to permit some political input, however flaccid.

It seems to me that this argument is denied when talking about migrant workers - their contribution via consumption is dismissed as negligible as they send their wages home. Just a thought.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

their contribution via consumption is dismissed as negligible as they send their wages home. Just a thought.

Damm tootin, as they suck off our social system.

[headsplice]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Damm tootin, as they suck off our social system.

Is there proof of that, instead of just assertion?