<p>Considering how Obama’s candidacy has caught fire among the youngest voters, I’m surprised not to hear any press reports about the actual voting in this demographic, much of which would have been by absentee ballot (and therefore probably not counted yet?). Anyone have any insights about the effect that absentee ballots from young people might have on election results, other than the obvious that when push comes to shove (signing up to have an absentee ballot sent to you, and then buying a stamp and mailing it back in time), many college kids don’t follow through?</p>
<p>My son is planning on voting by absentee ballot, he has more time as our primary is April 22. I know in the last Presidential election many students switched their residency to their college state so they could vote there. Here in PA, there was a push to do that as we are a swing state and the argument was that their votes would count more here.</p>
<p>I don’t think that S’s chums, all of whom are from out of state, cast absentee ballots. I don’t think they’re was a drive to get them to do so by any of the campaigns.
I’m hoping that students will register to vote either in their home state by absentee ballots or at college.</p>
<p>I sent the absentee ballot paperwork to my 2 sons–all they have to do is follow through.</p>
<p>Btw, we are in Ohio and I now believe people when they say our election results are less than, shall we say, accurate. My D has been in Cleveland for 2 years, voted there twice, and STILL gets notices about voting sent to her hometown address. When she registered in C’land they didn’t notify her old county! She could have voted twice. </p>
<p>As the woman on the phone explained, “The system doesn’t always work.” </p>
<p>System? or the people running it.</p>
<p>My son discovered that in this state, you cannot get an absentee ballot by mail the first time you want to vote absentee. Fortunately, he discovered this before he went back to school over winter break (actually a few hours before leaving for the airport). So, he flew down to the courthouse and voted “absentee” on the spot. Presumably he now can get the absentee ballot mailed to him for the general election.</p>
<p>OMG, I did a huge typo. It should read “there” not “they’re.” mea maxima culpa.</p>
<p>My D who is at the Univ. of Toronto worked with Democrats Abroad to register thousands here in the city. For the first time, Democrats in Canada were able to vote in the primaries via the internet. We all voted in the more traditional way with paper absentee ballots but I’ll be interested to find out how many actually did it online.</p>
<p>marite, you are so funny. Typo. It’s just the post-election hangover. No need to apologize!!! :D</p>
<p>DS filled out an absentee ballot before he returned to college.</p>
<p>My daughter did not fill out an absentee ballot form but voted today in the Democratic Primary through Democrats Abroad. They had a voting book in Oxford and all she had to do was show up with her passport. I had not heard of it before. Cool stuff.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.democratsabroad.org/[/url]”>http://www.democratsabroad.org/</a></p>