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Article: STUDENT VOTING BILL DIES IN HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE
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- Roanoke Times & World News
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- February 20, 2009
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Maybe it was too easy to understand.
That's Sen. Ralph Smith's theory about why his effort to clarify
where a college student can register to vote died in a House
subcommittee.
"When you're talking with attorneys, they like attorneyese, I
think," said Smith, R-Botetourt County. "I've had a couple of bills
that were just too plain English for them."
Smith's legislation would have allowed college students to
register where they go to school or where they live when they're not
at school. It passed unanimously in the Senate, but lost unanimously
in the House Elections Subcommittee.
Del. Steve Landes, R-Augusta County, said the subcommittee agreed
with Smith's intent, but, "We had another bill ...