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Senate bill seeks to curb college vote :: WRAL.com
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New Hampshire House Speaker William O’Brien, a Republican, told a tea party group that allowing people to register and vote on Election Day led to “the kids coming out of the schools and basically doing what I did when I was a kid, which is voting as a liberal. That’s what kids do — they don’t have life experience, and they just vote their feelings.”
Read more: Students hit by voter ID restrictions - Emily Schultheis - POLITICO.com
Cant allow that huh?
On the positive side, it's refreshing to see Republicans openly stating that the reason they want to suppress the vote is because it disagrees with their agenda.
Senate bill seeks to curb college vote
By Laura Leslie
Posted: April 3
Tags: Elections
Raleigh, N.C. — A bill filed in the state Senate Tuesday would carry a tax penalty for parents whose children register to vote at their college address.
Senate Bill 667, known as "Equalize Voter Rights," would remove the tax exemption for dependents who register to vote at any address other than their parents' home.
"If the voter is a dependent of the voter's parent or legal guardian, is 18 years of age or older and the voter has registered at an address other than that of the parent or legal guardian, the parent or legal guardian will not be allowed to claim the voter as a dependent for state income tax purposes," the bill says.
The measure would affect only state income tax, so it wouldn't have much effect on out-of-state students. But it could effectively cut student voting in counties like Watauga and Orange, where college voters have been a key part of the Democratic Party's dominance.
The bill would also require voters to have their vehicles registered at the same address as their voter registration. That also could cut down on college student registration, since many students maintain their vehicle registration in their home counties.
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New Hampshire House Speaker William O’Brien, a Republican, told a tea party group that allowing people to register and vote on Election Day led to “the kids coming out of the schools and basically doing what I did when I was a kid, which is voting as a liberal. That’s what kids do — they don’t have life experience, and they just vote their feelings.”
Read more: Students hit by voter ID restrictions - Emily Schultheis - POLITICO.com
Cant allow that huh?
On the positive side, it's refreshing to see Republicans openly stating that the reason they want to suppress the vote is because it disagrees with their agenda.