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“COLUMBUS - Tens of thousands of college students could work campus-area polls far from their homes under a proposal aimed at addressing Ohio's pressing need for election workers,” according to this Associated Press report. Though such measures may become a “national trend,” extension of voting rights was still a reservation for the bill sponsor, State Representative Larry Wolpert, who “didn't think allowing more Democratic-leaning students to vote in his Republican-heavy county would be politically popular.” However, Student Association for Voter Empowerment director Matthew Segal said allowing students to both work and vote at the polls where they go to school would be the best “model of civic engagement.” Read more of this AP article here.
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