School Sends Blank Utility Bills To Help Students Vote

[SoCalDem]

School Sends Blank Utility Bills To Help Students Vote
http://www.nbc4i.com/midwest/cmh/news.apx.-content-articles-CMH-2008-02-29-0026.html

Oberlin College has come up with a creative way for students from out of state to show they reside in Ohio, so they can vote. The college in northern Ohio is sending out dummy utility bills to dorm residents.

There are no charges for students to pay for their phone and high-speed Internet connections, but there's a bold-faced note at the bottom saying the statement can serve as proof of ID at a polling place.

The arrangement got a blessing from the state's top election official. Colin Koffel from Madison, Wis., says he and other out-of-state students at Oberlin were...

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[bluestateguy]

1. This will be good for our nominee in November

This just shows that it matters who controls that Secretary of State office. That's the person who runs the elections, interprets the rules and counts the votes.

[LiberalFighter]

2. If they voted in a primary or caucus in their home state they shouldn't vote in Ohio

[SoCalDem]

3. They probably know that.. and most likely were in school

when their own state had a caucus or primary:)