Letting Out the Vote by: Malcolm A. Kline, November 11, 2008 The youth vote finally turned out in significant numbers in the last presidential election but the manner in which these idealistic students are spreading their political capital, egged on by organizers—national and community—may not be the best way to “leave the planet a better place than they found it.” “From sluggish recovery to a struggling criminal justice system, incredible problems continue to face gulf coast residents following Katrina and Rita,” Ian Harris, a student at American University’s Washington College of Law said recently. Harris is the lead organizer for...