SUMMER ACTION ALERT: Make sure college students fill out absentee ballot forms!

We've found in PA that many college students don't realize they need to fill out another absentee ballot form in order to receive ballots for the general election at school ~ the one sent in for the primary will NOT cover it. Here, voter reg forms have to be in by October 6 and absentee ballot forms by October 28 ~ all summer we'll be at festivals and street fairs, and in August we also plan to have people at the Target stores and other places students go to outfit their dorms.

Forms can be picked up at local court houses. I know some of you have been carrying voter reg forms in your cars ~ please add some absentee ballot forms and ask your college friends if they've filled one out yet. THE YOUTH VOTE REALLY MATTERS THIS TIME!!!

I know this type of post is overlooked because it's not drama or glam, but it's the kind that will make the difference this year. So, here's a

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...could make those who say young voters won't vote right ~ until I met several college students who had no idea they had to fill out another form for the general.

'no doubt' range. When we went out for dinner yesterday, our server said he hasn't registered yet, he wants to but never has time to go where the registration forms are. I was V-8ing my forehead because we were in my husband's car and I only have forms in mine - well yesterday I only had them in mine!

Sometimes I wear a button that says "Ask me for a voter reg form." lol Very stylish!

And then she mails the application for him about a month before the election. But it depends what state students are in. If they live in a state that's not competitive they are better off registering and voting where they go to school. I told my mom when she sees my brother's Penn State friends over the summer make sure they are registered in PA.

There's so much to do in Aug. and Sept. with course registration etc., voter reg and absentee ballot deadlines could easily be forgotten.

If you're an out of state student, you should register in the state that is competitive (if either is), if neither state is competitve, register in the place with a competitive house, senate, or state level race.

...in ANY state!

Others are convinced that registering in PA will legally make them PA residents, meaning they'll have to change over their driver's licenses, insurance, etc. This is not the case in PA, but some people can't be convinced otherwise.

But perhaps the biggest reason is that students here are so transient that they move every year and, thus, should technically re-register every year with their new school addresses.

But PA voters away at school who don't want to register in a different state have to fill out absentee ballot forms for each election ~ primary and general. We're trying to catch them while they're home for the summer.

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