Our Right to Vote

I'm sure we all remember when the hearing for HB 176 was taking place in Concord. February 24, students from around the state descended on the State Capital to protest the bill that would re-define "domicile" prohibiting students from voting in the town where they go to college. It would prohibit students from registering in a town where they did not live prior to matriculation. There were a large amount of students from Plymouth State University, including myself, who protested and testified against the bill. Many newspapers in the state, including the Union Leader and the Concord Monitor covered the issue. I was very glad to see that this was gaining publicity in the state, so hopefully more people could come out against it. I was even more surprised when a friend of mine from Ohio sent me a link to a Washington Post article about the recent suppression of rights around the country including our NH HB 176! Our protests had made it to the national news! Along with our NH voting debate, it seems that similar voting restrictions are popping up in other states as well, such as Wisconsin's voter ID bill and a similar North Carolina bill. Its great to see these issues are getting national press. Hopefully this will cause people to take a stand against them and fight for the voter rights. Any restriction you put on voting, or the harder that you make registration, Democrats are going to loss votes. Republicans that are now in office want to make it harder for young foolish liberals to be able to vote. While I do understand that voter fraud is a problem and it threatens our Democracy, placing restrictions on voting is equally a threat to Democracy. If people can't register to vote they can't vote. If people can't vote then our whole system of government will not work. Its a scary time for individual rights, and we must protect them.