NH GOP Seeks To Disenfranchise Students Who 'Just Vote Their Feelings'

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At a January 9/12 event with local tea partiers, the Republican House Speaker in New Hampshire, Bill O'Brien explained his problem with young voters.

"They go into these general elections, they'll have 900 same day registrations, which are the kids coming out of the schools and basically doing what I did when I was a kid, which is [vote liberal]," he said. "They don't have life experience and they don't have life experience and they just vote their feelings and they're taking away the town's ability to govern themselves, it's not fair."

The remarks were caught on tape by a tracker with the New Hampshire Democratic party, but up until today they haven't caused O'Brien much embarrassment.

Now, though, the national media has caught up with a major story in the Washington Post. The New Hampshire House is trying to put those words into law, with two bills designed to disenfranchise young voters -- one to disallow them from voting if they or their parents haven't established residency in that district, the other to disallow same-day voter registration altogether.

Both bills are winding their way through the committee process in the heavily Republican House. The state Senate, also Republican, hasn't taken any action yet. New Hampshire's governor, John Lynch, is a Democrat.

The push is a part of a trend in states, particularly where Republicans made major gains in the 2010 election. Many of those states are advancing voter ID laws, nominally meant to crack down on the unsubstantial problem of voter fraud, but which in practice are meant to disenfranchise young and poor liberal voters.

Even Wisconsin, under intense national scrutiny as protesters march to protect collective bargaining rights for public sector workers, the legislature passed a Voter ID bill "requiring certain identification in order to vote at a polling place or obtain an absentee ballot."

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[mawilson 2,133]

I agree, students are full of idealism and have no clue.

[JohnSmith2007 353]

I also agree. Students should vote in their home district rather where they attend school.

[Dan J 277]

I also agree. Students should vote in their home district rather where they attend school.

If you spend a majority of the year where you are going to school, shouldn't you vote there?

Especially if you are going to school across the country, returning to your home district is not always convenient.

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If you spend a majority of the year where you are going to school, shouldn't you vote there?

Especially if you are going to school across the country, returning to your home district is not always convenient.

RWN's want it to be easier for 18 year olds who don't go to college to vote than for 18 year olds who do.

Guess why.

[JohnSmith2007 353]

RWN's want it to be easier for 18 year olds who don't go to college to vote than for 18 year olds who do.

Guess why.

I don't know, tell us.

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I don't know, tell us.

Because lower education levels have been shown to be positively correlated with voting republican?

Because that 18 year old loser shooting beer cans in the back yard is a lot more likely to fall for Glenn Beck's propaganda?

[JohnSmith2007 353]

Because lower education levels have been shown to be positively correlated with voting republican?

Because that 18 year old loser shooting beer cans in the back yard is a lot more likely to fall for Glenn Beck's propaganda?

Really? Show me where you got that little gem.

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Really? Show me where you got that little gem.

Re education levels - exit poll data has been remarkably consistent on that count.

[JohnSmith2007 353]

Re education levels - exit poll data has been remarkably consistent on that count.

Show me. I don't buy it. Most dem voters are lower class welfare types that only want handouts. I always thought rep voters were rich people. Again, show me.

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OK, looking.

[JohnSmith2007 353]

Looks like the dems own the ignorant in our society.

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2006/pages/results/states/US/H/00/epolls.0.html

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2008 Exit Poll

Obama had a significant lead in both "no high school" (your point) and those with postgraduate degrees (my point).

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[JohnSmith2007 353]

2008 Exit Poll

Obama had a significant lead in both "no high school" (your point) and those with postgraduate degrees (my point).

Your point? Most college students are post grad? I would say there are many more no college voters than there are post grad voters.

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Your point? Most college students are post grad?

"College graduate" and "Postgraduate" are two separate categories. Postgraduates have gone on to secure additional degrees after graduating college. Therefore, the more educated you are, the more likelier you are to be a Democrat.

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