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Virginia College Students discouraged from registering

Where did this happen? (City, County, State)	Blacksburg, VA; Radford University; Virginia Tech, elsewhere
What voters would be affected?	College students
How would tactic suppress votes?	Threat of loss of dependency status on parents tax returns.
Who is behind it?	State registrar and others.
Links to media coverage? (provide headline with link, writer, name of outlet and publication date. try to list in order)	Student Voter Registration Faces New Obstacles in Virginia, by Sara Hebel, Alternet, September 9, 2008 NPR story? General Assembly asked to define student registration laws, in Twin Country News, describes how Radford University students and members of the RU Fair Voter Registration Alliance (FVRA) are joining with City of Radford General Voter Registrar Tracy Howard to demonstrate against the Virginia General Assembly in November, although Howard says nothing can be done for this election. ACLU Tells Radford Registrar to Stop Sending Misleading Requests to Students Who Apply to Register to Vote in Local Elections, ACLU of Virginia press release, September 30 includes text of correspondence Radford, groups clash over voter registration, Tim Thornton, The Roanoke Times updates the situation there as of October 1. City registrar asks for clarity in student voting, Bethel Hebte, The Cavalier Daily, discusses how this is a state-wide probelm Could disenfranchisement of student voters swing Virginia?, Chris Kromm, Facing South, is a survey as of October 1 Student Voting Challenged in VA, Cora Currier, The Nation, November 2
Possible laws violated?	Yes.
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What's the last known status?	Unclear. The Brennan Center for Justice. The center, along with the ACLU of Virginia, sent a letter detailing these complaints at the end of September, and threatening legal action if the students applications are not cleared.
What actions can be taken?	Report incidents to the ACLU of Virginia

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eddiegriffin

Virginia Voters Cannot Vote Early

Nov 3 2008, 4:49 PM EST by Anonymous

Thread started: Oct 22 2008, 11:47 AM EDT Watch

I am here in Virginia and have already cast my vote absentee. However, I have a dear friend and sister who I sent a link you [Eddie Griffin] once sent to me about where to go to early vote. Upon her contacting the polling place, she was told that she could not vote early unless she was doing absentee voting! This erroneous information came from the court house no less.

I am finding this happening in other locations in Virginia . There are no long lines here for early voting because people are being told that they can’t vote.

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