December 11, 2007

A Glance at the December 6 Online Issue of The American Prospect: The Disenfranchisement of Student Voters

By Jason M. Breslow

Disenfranchisement of student voters is "still prevalent across the country," and the obstacles college-age voters experience "can be disheartening," says Adam Doster, a freelance writer in Chicago.

Among the largest obstacles facing student voters is "the ambiguous notion of what is home," he writes. In 1979 the Supreme Court ruled that students can vote in the state where they attend college so long as they "establish residency." The justices did not qualify what constitutes