Election Day: an early reminder
Issue date: 9/11/08 Section: Perspective
But don't start thinking the mileage from here to your home is getting you off the voting hook yet. Fortunately for college students, there's the option of an absentee ballot.
There are some tricks to absentee voting, but nothing a college student can't handle.
The major issue with absentee voting is that you have to get on the ball early. You need to get your ballot mailed to you in time to vote. Look up your County Clerk's number and give them a call. You can find a comprehensive list of County Clerks at http://elect.ky.gov/countyclerks.htm. Now you have no excuse not to.
Get your County Clerk to mail you a ballot, and then use it.
Democracy is great in theory. But it is better in practice. And while it's funny to complain about the fact that the president can't pronounce nuclear, it's also sad that only 64 percent of the nation's eligible citizens voted in the 2004 election.
Bush got a little over half of that 64 percent. Translation: the leader of the free world was chosen by the voices of less than a third of eligible voters.
Now that the Progress has defended your honor as hard-working college students, don't let us down. Make sure Eastern makes a difference this election.
Yes, jumping through government hurdles to vote on an absentee ballot takes effort. But if you don't, you'll end up swimming in piss-and won't have any right to complain.
There are some tricks to absentee voting, but nothing a college student can't handle.
The major issue with absentee voting is that you have to get on the ball early. You need to get your ballot mailed to you in time to vote. Look up your County Clerk's number and give them a call. You can find a comprehensive list of County Clerks at http://elect.ky.gov/countyclerks.htm. Now you have no excuse not to.
Get your County Clerk to mail you a ballot, and then use it.
Democracy is great in theory. But it is better in practice. And while it's funny to complain about the fact that the president can't pronounce nuclear, it's also sad that only 64 percent of the nation's eligible citizens voted in the 2004 election.
Bush got a little over half of that 64 percent. Translation: the leader of the free world was chosen by the voices of less than a third of eligible voters.
Now that the Progress has defended your honor as hard-working college students, don't let us down. Make sure Eastern makes a difference this election.
Yes, jumping through government hurdles to vote on an absentee ballot takes effort. But if you don't, you'll end up swimming in piss-and won't have any right to complain.
