Know Your Rights

I am sure that it is obvious by reading this blog where our political leanings are (we believe in global warming, protecting habitats, science! and the Constitution), but no matter your political views we see everyone's right to vote as the most tenable of rights. Please vote.

Know your rights and if you aren't sure go research them and don't be bullied into staying home on election night. Now to very disturbing voter suppression.

A story out of Virginia, a potential swing state, or false warnings going out to college students warning them that they will lose their financial aid, and that their parents will no longer be able to claim them for tax purposes if they register to vote in their college town.

Last week, Virginia’s Montgomery County, home to Virginia Tech, issued a press release regarding proper protocol for college students registering to vote. In interviews with Inside Higher Ed Tuesday, it was described by turns as “unsubstantiated,” “chilling,” and (more generously) as not “incredibly encouraging or friendly.”

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