[Otta B Sleepin]

the kids are registered to vote at their home, and can't vote where they go to school

Ah. I wondered if that was it. I always had to vote absentee when I was in college, for the same reason.

[Inspectorette]

Well, here on the Left Coast, students are not only allowed, but are encouraged to vote, even though they're from other states.

That's a big bone of contention all over California, and very much so here in Santa Barbara County. During the last election, thee Dem County Clerk-Recorder actually set up voter registration booths on the campus at UCSB, and had concerts by Jackson Browne, David Crosby, and various other assorted left-wingers.

Makes me ill.

[sweetliberty]

" I always had to vote absentee when I was in college"

I didn't. I simply had to register in the state I was going to school prior to the deadline for registering. It was also a key to establishing residency in that state. I thought that was standard procedure except for where they have the abominable same day registration thing.

[texas booster]

So all of the students at Univ of Ark @ Pine Bluff will follow the same rules?

What next? A-A churches will start following the same rules that x42 required of Concerned Women of America regarding voter registration drives and voter guides?

Yeah, right....

[GovernmentShrinker]

The trouble is, different states have different laws about this.

[Eala]

I always had to vote absentee when I was in college, for the same reason.

I simply transferred my registration to my college address. Even in the dorms.