Wed May 07, 2008 at 10:32:57 AM EDT
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| One of the great stories out of this last week was the success of one stop registration and voting in North Carolina. Over 300,000 people had voted even before election day. Many were able to vote only because they were allowed to register at the last minute. The fact is that although people who read blogs like Blue Jersey are bound to be registered, many people only pay attention just as the election approaches -- that includes the media, which often covers local elections only in the last week.
There's no reason a citizen who simply lacks a bureaucratic form should be denied his fundamental right to vote under the New Jersey Constitution:
3. (a) Every citizen of the United States, of the age of 18 years, who shall have been a resident of this State and of the county in which he claims his vote 30 days, next before the election, shall be entitled to vote for all officers that now are or hereafter may be elective by the people, and upon all questions which may be submitted to a vote of the people;
This is no abstract concern. History shows that states with Election Day Registration have an average turnout 12% higher than other states. Let's help those people vote. |
| Hopeful :: New Jersey should have Election Day Registration |
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