New Hampshire Students Say They Were Illegally Turned Away From The Polls

[cali]

Plymouth State senior Jack Swymer headed to the polls around 11:30 a.m. to cast a ballot for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT). He tried to take advantage of the state’s same-day registration process, but a poll worker told him that since he didn’t have a proof of his residence, he couldn’t vote.

“I live off-campus, and the bills are in my roommate’s name,” he told ThinkProgress. “I wasn’t familiar with all the voting laws, so I just did what the poll workers’ advice because I figured they knew what they were doing.”

It turns out, they did not.

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http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/02/09/3747934/student-voting-nh/

[pacalo]

1. Well, that was a nice introduction to the voting process for him.

[cali]

2. It was evidently a lot of people

but he did get to vote.

[virgogal]

3. More whining from college students of today.

They could have registered earlier----the election was hardly a surprise.

Some complained about waiting too long to confirm their identity.

If they planned ahead it would have been simple and quick.

Astonishing immaturity for people who are allowed voting privilege.

Some of them act like children.

[Mnemosyne]

4. Wow. First time voters usually are a bit naive about the process. nt.

[virgogal]

7. Everyone that ever voted was a first time voter at one time.

Most did it without any problem at all.

[Mnemosyne]

11. Just seemed a bit of a harsh judgement of the young. Nothing personal. Have a good day. nt

[neverforget]

5. wow.

[Wig Master]

6. "Voting privilege"

[frylock]

8. GOTV!

[mythology]

9. Yeah, they should have planned ahead

but the process should be simpler. We should want to encourage more people to vote, both for the principle of voting being a good thing, but also Democrats do better with higher turnouts.

Plus sometimes it's not a random college student who didn't plan ahead. Sometimes it's 173,000 names being scrubbed in Florida before the 2000 election. Sometimes it's requiring identification that some older and especially minority voters don't have, or requiring ids that cost money serving as a poll tax in effect.

Voting is a fundamental right. It should be as easy as possible.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. I agree! But try telling that to the Republicans. Blech. n/t