[peggybac]

Voting is determined on your residence. Dorms are temporary housing for students whose residences, most likely, are where their parents live. If these college kids are so darn smart, you’d think they have heard of absentee ballots.

[Darnright]

If the democrats get away with this atrocity, it could well change the outcome of my local congressional race. UVA is in my district, a fairly solid conservative area, except for Charlottesville.

I am getting alarmed, to say the least.

[jude24]

Voting is determined on your residence. Dorms are temporary housing for students whose residences, most likely, are where their parents live. If these college kids are so darn smart, you’d think they have heard of absentee ballots.

We don't want to get into the business of figuring out why people are where they are.

As a member of the military, for instance, I chose to register in the town where I rented an apartment, rather than vote absentee in the town where my parents lived. (That's still technically my home of record, though - and probably will be until I leave, unless I buy a house.)

I should be very annoyed if my home state said, "We don't care that you're living here at least 3 years. You can't vote here." I do pay State taxes.

[KriegerGeist]

Non-residents, or non-permanent-residents [a.k.a. students] if of voting age, should ONLY be able to register to vote where they come from. Even if they are a Virginia resident, that does not give them [VA-Tech students] legal rights or privilages to vote in Blacksburg. PERIOD! That goes for UVA in Charlottesville or any other college town.

I'm sure the Obama camp will be doing just the exact opposite to the military voters though. Probably declare that they must register in person at their home polling place to qualify to vote even if they're in Afghanistan or Iraq.