<p>The school is closed on Tuesday so all students and faculty can vote. Anyone else have a day off?</p>
<p>Nope. There are designated areas on campus for people to vote at, and students and faculty could come by those areas anytime during the polling period to vote. There’s no need for classes to be cancelled.</p>
<p>^ If you’re registered in that district. Not everyone is that lucky. </p>
<p>My school isn’t off. I have to vote in person because it’s my first time. I will miss my last two classes because I have to drive home to vote but they’re excused after talking with my profs.</p>
<p>I think it’s totally ridiculous to expect the entire country to vote on the same day, when we have the technology to make it much simpler. Having said that, it’s generally easier for college students than the worker who is gone all the day plus the commute. I have one lecture tuesdays which I stopped going to. Many can do absentee or just register in the city, which was a very simple process. So i don’t really know why turnout is so low at this age group.</p>
<p>I don’t know if I have the day off or not. Since it’s a Tuesday and my first class doesn’t start until 5:30 pm, I never bothered to find out (but I’m 99% positive I don’t have it off, since the teacher was discussing her plans for class that day).</p>
<p>Even if I had morning classes, I’d still be skipping. This is way more important than any class.</p>
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<p>ONLY if they are registered in the district of their college. In reality, many states make that quite difficult to do. Politicians have purposely tried to disenfranchise students. </p>
<p>Also, it’s not necessarily that easy to just register at your college. You need to change the address on your license to do that which can cause all sorts of other repercussions.</p>
<p>I have one class that day at ten that I’ll be blowing off to vote. This election is so much more important than going over how to make a poster in PowerPoint. I hate that class anyway buy if there was ever an excuse to skip class, this is it.</p>
<p>Our school doesn’t do that either. But I honestly think that more people in college are more concerned about halo 4 than the election. I’m not even a citizen, so it’s not a big deal to me.</p>
<p>To the original question - we don’t get the day off, but it’s quite easy to walk to my polling place.</p>
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Not true in all states. I go to school in St. Louis, am registered to vote in StL (and voted here in 08), and still hold my Louisiana drivers license.</p>
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Romani - how come you can’t vote absentee? I don’t see how first time voter matters. Is it just a random state rule? (If so, that’s major voter disenfranchisement for the disabled and others who may not physically be able to go, ie the military overseas…)</p>
<p>Nope, but we have a voting site on campus and a lot of people early voted at their convenience since the lines weren’t even long.</p>
<p>Nope, don’t see how it’s a problem. Kids from Maryland can either vote in College Park if they register there or they can just go to early voting at their home district. Out of state kids can just use absentee ballots, right?</p>
<p>Yep. We are off.</p>
<p>Johnson, state rule. I had to register by mail (couldn’t register in person because I was never off work and in town when the SoS was open) so I have to vote in person. </p>
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<p>Sorry if I didn’t make it clear. When I made that statement, I was still referring to laws which disenfranchise students and make it difficult to vote (like what I had said above). I realize that I didn’t make that connection. My apologies. (It made sense in my head! I swear 
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<p>The campus I go to will be doing class, but they do have on-campus voting and students can early vote. I have seen plenty of campus students voting, which is encouraging.</p>
<p>I voted in late October, so I can avoid those long lines.</p>
<p>I just walked down the street to city hall to get my license sticker. I shouldn’t be absentee voting for some district judge or senator 100 miles away for a town I never visit anyway. When i go to vote, it’s just a block away and i have all day to do it. Sorry if you feel disenfranchised and I’m sure it does vary by location, but i think the 25% or whatever pathetic turnout will be mostly due to laziness/apathy. I agree with the halo 4 comment.</p>
<p>I know so many people of voting age that don’t vote. And not just collegr aged people, 40-somethings…</p>
<p>I voted early in a 2.5-3 hour line but I’ll probably still blow off class…</p>
<p>Yeah, a lot of people don’t vote. It shocks me. I’m a US permanent resident (green card holder) and really wish I could vote. Cherish that right y’all.</p>
<p>^ My mom is an immigrant and is continually shocked by how “political” we are and yet how high our voter apathy is. She’s been here for several decades and still doesn’t get it.</p>
<p>Hmmm… in talking to my profs, they are excusing people who bring proof of voting (this is strictly a prof decision, not a school decision). Maybe this would be a good system. Give an excused absence for voting rather than giving the day off?</p>