Mayfield bill draws national attention
read more recent story comments Reader comments| MarkMcDaniel Sunday, February 10, 2013: 7:58 am More from MarkMcDaniel  | Stick with it Peggy, students in public or private schools should not be eligible to vote just because they are temporarily here while getting an education. Even in-state students should only vote in their hometown districts. They are not vested in the district they are just partying for four years there. |
| nobodyimportant Sunday, February 10, 2013: 8:19 am More from nobodyimportant | That's right, make it harder for voting age students to become involved in selecting our leaders. What do they know, soaking up all that liberal education? They haven't passed the test of political knowledge.....wait! None of us have! Lets see...maybe we can keep them out of polling places for not making the best use of their time while in school. Darn, there goes most of us too. Seriously, just take a look at this quote from this legislator's campaign website: "As Executive Board Member of the Association of Clerks of Circuit Courts of Indiana, Peggy has lobbied for legislation to expand voter access through vote centers, while regularly testifying before the legislature against laws to unfairly restrict voting rights." Doublespeak. |
| Ratcatcher Sunday, February 10, 2013: 9:27 am More from Ratcatcher | Nobody, Stop stirring the pot and trying to make this into a liberal-conservative issue when it isn't. We don't live in a college town, thank God. But if we did I would have a major problem with someone from another state having a sayso as to who my Governor and other representatives are. Nobody is trying to stop college students from voting. If they want to be politically involved all they have to do is get an absentee ballot sent to them from the clerk of the county they are from, fill it out and mail it back. How hard is that? Why should a kid from Ft. Wayne or South Bend be deciding who the county assessor or coroner is in Bloomington? He should be picking those people in his HOME COUNTY where it affects him. I don't know why he would want to be involved in those elections unless he had something to gain by it. Like maybe when some unscrupulous candidate shows up on a college campus and starts handing out money or free pizzas at a polling site for their "support". There is a place and a need for this law. Your conspiracy theory doesn't hold water. Do you also believe we didn't land on the moon and there was another shooter on the grassy knoll? |
| Danny Stewart Sunday, February 10, 2013: 10:55 am More from Danny Stewart | Nobody, For once pull your head out of your butt. |
| McCullough Sunday, February 10, 2013: 12:49 pm More from McCullough | This is a losing issue for Ms. Mayfield & the tea baggers. "Unconstitutional, unnecessary, and unjustifiable. On its face HB 1311 violates the US Constitution. By treating out-of-state student residency differently, this bill defies the ruling in Symm v. United States. Indiana does not have a pressing problem with voter fraud. However, Indiana does have an 8.2% unemployment rate and an education system that ranks 22nd in the nation. As such, this attempt to disenfranchise college students is shamefully unnecessary. Finally, this bill is about nothing more than partisan politics. Rather than make inroads with younger voters, Republicans would rather strip them of their sacred right to vote. And for that, HB 1311 is wholly unjustifiable. This is something voters should never forget." |
| Danny Stewart Sunday, February 10, 2013: 4:43 pm More from Danny Stewart |
No this bill is not In constitutional. This bill is simply applying the same rule that applies to the military. |
| Danny Stewart Sunday, February 10, 2013: 4:44 pm More from Danny Stewart | Unconstitutional. |
| McCullough Sunday, February 10, 2013: 7:57 pm More from McCullough | Military members are able to vote where they are stationed if they register to vote in that precinct. There is no requirement that they vote absentee in their home state. Second, college students live, often work, and always pay local and state taxes when they move to Indiana to attend school. Not to mention they pay the state a considerable amount in the way of out-of-state tuition. For the 4 or more years they reside here they are subject to the privileges and penalties of Indiana state and local laws. |
| McCullough Sunday, February 10, 2013: 8:08 pm More from McCullough | "Legal problems aide, the legislation, which received a hearing in a House committee on Wednesday, sends a wrongheaded message to out-of-state students that they're not truly welcome in Indiana. That's a signal that a state trying desperately to improve the education level of its workforce can't afford to broadcast." |
| Reality Check Sunday, February 10, 2013: 8:50 pm More from Reality Check | Actually, it is unconstitutional: In 1977, the Supreme Court upheld a decision holding that it is unconstitutional to treat college students any differently than other voters in terms of residency requirements to vote. Three and a half decades later, some Republican lawmakers are still trying to prevent college students from voting. The latest instance is in Indiana, where a state lawmaker just introduced legislation that would prevent students from considering their campus address as their place of residency. Instead, the bill would only allow students to claim the address where they grew up. (From Think Progress: http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/02/06/1549551/indiana-student-voting/?mobile=nc |
| Danny Stewart Sunday, February 10, 2013: 9:45 pm More from Danny Stewart | Yep. Guess that's why when I was in the military we had to vote absentee because we were not counted as residents of the state we were stationed in but still classified as residents of our home states. We were not allowed to register as residents of those states. |
| nobodyimportant Sunday, February 10, 2013: 10:37 pm More from nobodyimportant | I love it when we amateur attorneys declare something constitutional or not. And I'm really surprised Danny that you think this is the first time for my head to be up my arse. It is all political, rats, those in power get to gerrymander to strengthen their chances for reelection. This is just another way to do it. It's a cute twist, but not too smart. Rookie mistake. They'll find a way to set this aside and it'll be her own party that will do it. |
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