The House majority leader, Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland, and several of his Democratic colleagues said at a news conference that they were concerned about ensuring access to the polls for the estimated 44 million eligible voters who are between the ages of 18 and 29. Click here to read the Chronicle of Higher Education article. The news conference came a day before a Congressional hearing on student voting rights and hours after a Republican county clerk in Colorado was criticized for falsely stating that students could not register to vote in Colorado if their parents had claimed them as dependents in another state. The clerk now says he was wrong, but the state’s Democratic Party chairwoman said the incorrect information had been posted on the Web site of Colorado College for the past six months.
Colorado this November has an anti-affirmative action ballot initiative, five employment measures that range from a right-to-work measure and a mandatory health insurance requirement, defining a fertilized egg as a person, a sales tax increase--in all fourteen ballot initiatives. As if that isn't confusing enough for anyone, including a first time voter.
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