"To force Ohio’s universities to do the dirty work of voter suppression is unconscionable."

[babylonsister]

http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/04/30/17988466-fear-of-the-youth-vote-now-in-ohio?lite

Fear of the youth vote, now in Ohio
By Laura Conaway
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Tue Apr 30, 2013 4:33 PM EDT
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1979 that students have a constitutional right to vote where they go to school, even if they're considered an out-of-state student. But since the 2012 election, Republicans in Indiana and North Carolina have floated legislation to discourage college students from voting.

In North Carolina, a Republican bill would raise taxes for the parents of any student who registers to vote at their college. The student votes, and the family gets punished.

Now Republicans in Ohio have come up with a new approach. In Ohio, eight of the 14 public universities routinely provide students with documents that make it possible for them to register to vote at school. But in the state House, Republicans are pushing a budget amendment (pdf) requiring schools that issue those documents to charge the student only in-state tuition, even if the student otherwise would pay the higher out-of-state rate. Under Ohio's scheme, the student votes and the school gets punished.

State Senator Nina Turner says the measure would give universities an incentive to make it harder for students to vote:

"{T}o force Ohio’s universities to do the dirty work of voter suppression is unconscionable."

Ohio universities say that lowering the tuition for everyone who wants to use their right to vote at school would cost the system $370 million a year. See also, from 2012: Tea Party challenges hundreds of student registrations in Ohio.

(Thanks to Ohio Capital Blog for the video; he's got lots more on this.)

[pscot]

1. These are not the children of the poor

[Vincardog]

2. Why not provide FREE tuition to everyone who votes instead?

[babylonsister]

3. Snap! That's what we should be doing. nt

[SoCalDem]

4. The whole out of state tuition makes little or no sense anyway

If you re 18 and move from Indianapolis to Memphis for a job, you don't get "extra" money/extra benefits for having moved. You move, you....register to vote, you pay rent..you are an adult, and you live there.. You may then sign up at a local college for classes..maybe you don't.. If you end up staying there for 3-4 years before you move back to Indianapolis, you have still been a resident of TN for that time..

If colleges accept students who apply (from other states), and those students are 18+, how is it any different from headhunters looking for job applicants from other states.. They are inviting people from elsewhere, to take a look at what they have to offer...and to then MOVE there.

These days, a kid from Concordia, KS could go to college at Harvard, graduate, and then move directly to Florida for a job.. Mom & Dad's place will always be in KS, but since they left for school /career (since they became an adult), they have been residents of the places they have LIVED/worked/studied.

A better system, would be to give preference to kids already in-state, and then to offer leftover spots to otjhers...with out-of-country being dead last on the list...for schools that receive ANY government money.

[Cha]

5. It Is "unconscionable"!

thanks babylonsistah. I hope they fight this and WIN!

[LisaL]

6. They just don't give up, do they?

[Marie Marie]

7. No, they don't.

And their ploys are gettting more and more absurd.

[progressoid]

8. Wow,

way to shoot yourself in both feet Ohio.