<p>SS registered in his college town and votes tomorrow. He’s excited and I’m excited for him!</p>
<p>Yes, he requested an absentee ballot without any reminders from me. The availability of online registration and absentee requests seem to to have made the process much more accessible.</p>
<p>This will be my first presidential vote (I was 17 and 11 months last time… gah!). And I am badgering my boyfriend to go vote too (this will be his 2nd vote, but he’s since switched political parties ;)). </p>
<p>Most of my friends don’t vote :(. There’s no early voting in MI and absentee voting is confusing here.</p>
<p>Ages ago, in college, I just registered while at college and voted while at college.</p>
<p>I thought that was normal, but now I read plenty of stories of places that try to make it difficult for college students to vote.</p>
<p>Mail ballot was requested, but who knows, D. is just very busy and this is exam week, big exams, 4 - 6 hours exams. Not sure if voting was her priority, I did not ask.</p>
<p>…forgot about Sandy all together as she was not affected, but her fellow classmates were, so voting could have been forgotten and she cannot vote in person, she is not at home.</p>
<p>Yes, via absentee ballot a couple of weeks ago.</p>
<p>Yes, both my kids registered in the state where they go to school and are quite excited to vote tomorrow. S2 goes to school in a state where he thinks his vote may actually “count”, unlike our home state in which he is in the majority.</p>
<p>My son registered in his college town a couple years ago when he was a freshman. He goes to college in Ohio so his vote actually “means something” - as there is no suspense as to who will get Illinois’ electoral votes. He is in Europe this semester - he mailed his ballot over a week ago. My daughter is a senior in HS and turned 18 a couple months ago. She refused to vote early with me and DW - she wants to vote for the first time on election day.</p>
<p>There are some states that allow for same day registration on Election Day. My understanding the following states allow this: Iowa, Maine, New Hampshire, Wisconsin and Washington DC. Check online for requirements, and let your kids know.
For those students attending Northwestern:
[Center</a> for Civic Engagement | NU Votes](<a href=“http://www.engage.northwestern.edu/nuvotes/index.html]Center”>http://www.engage.northwestern.edu/nuvotes/index.html)
AND…for those in New Jersey…you can vote online by email:
<a href=“http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/05/tech/web/new-jersey-voting-email/index.html[/url]”>New Jersey lets Sandy victims vote via e-mail - CNN;
~APOL-a Mum</p>
<p>Yes, via absentee ballot when he was home last week.</p>
<p>D registered for an absentee ballot before she left for college in another state. I was glad she registered in her home state (Ohio) as her vote is so important here. And we have a local school bond issue that would love to have her yes vote 
I think she may be a little bummed to not have the whole vote at the polls on voting day experience, but she is doing her duty nonetheless.</p>
<p>absolutely! (both voted by absentee)</p>
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<p>My son is toying with that idea, too, and it’s 2 hours each way. Crazy!</p>
<p>Oldest voted absentee. Youngest (and not as enthusiastic about the process) is in town and school has no class tomorrow so is voting but not happy that she couldn’t do absentee like her sister!</p>
<p>Yes, but there is a story. Son is 18 and registered in Arlington, VA, and then tried to update registration in Charlottesville (UVA) and was allowed to register but the registration was never processed. About a week ago we got notice of this and called and told him to get an absentee ballot, which just arrived in Charlottesville today. He is fed exing it back so it will get to Arlington tomorrow. I wonder how many other college students have difficulties like this. I get the sense that some times their new residences are not too keen on college students voting.</p>
<p>Yep. Oldest has always voted. This is the first year the youngest could vote, and he chose to vote in PA instead of WA, because he didn’t feel that his vote would really “count” in WA. Surprised that he felt strong enough about that to turn down the chance to vote on the marijuana and gay marriage initiative in WA.</p>
<p>Though it goes without saying that this is a fairly (actually, very) biased feedback for “Does your college student vote?” It’s embarrassing (as it well should be) to say your kid didn’t vote + parents on CC are probably more likely to be engaging and care about their kids’ education and I think being a good parent probably has high correlation with voting turnout. </p>
<p>Just graduated high school – of my friends that recently turned 18, or this would be their election – I’m utterly dismayed at the number who decided it’s too difficult to go out of your way for a day to register.</p>
<p>Some nonsense about “oh they’re all the same and terrible anyway”. Enough to ruin a friendship, for me.</p>
<p>S had registered on campus but is currently at home for co-op semester. I pointed out he might want to change his address so he can vote for the candidates in the local races. He did–and it was easy to do online. </p>
<p>But I don’t know that he would have thought of that before the deadline if I hadn’t mentioned it.</p>
<p>Absolutely, and since I am the judge of elections, I can see that both their absentee ballots arrived. My D lives in DC now, but waited until after the presidential election to switch her registration - her vote is more important in PA than DC! She still has a PA drivers license too, but should switch everything in 2013 I think.</p>