November 6, 2008

Students Faced Fewer Voting Problems Than Expected

By Reeves Wiedeman

Ten-hour lines at campus polling places in 2004 and several new laws that many people believed would make it harder for students to vote had some election observers fearing the worst as students went to the polls on Tuesday. But the problems proved milder than expected.

"It certainly could have been a lot worse," said Lisa Gilbert, an official with the New Voters Project of the Student Public Interest Research Groups. The project posted election observers on 100 college

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