Saturday, April 19,-2007
Students prepare for primary
Bv Marcus Yeagley
staff writer
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With the Hurry of coverage surrounding the
Democratic presidential primary, one key question
is begging to he asked: are students being lost in the
maelstrom?
The primary is Tuesday and with practical mat
ters beyond voter registration yearning to be
addressed, such as transportation, the voting loca
tion and the ballots (the currency of elections), are
any student organizations doing anything to assist
the process'.’
Not everyone who attends the Behrend campus
has an accessible vehicle to use to go vote, but SGA
has stepped up to provide a solution, with a stall
driven shuttle van.
"Students have cars, but still half of the students
who live on campus don't." said Dr. Ken Miller, the
Director of Student Affairs. "We just want to be
sure that people have an opportunity to vole if they
want to."
Starting around 9 a.m. until sometime between
5:30 and 6 pan., a van driven by volunteering
Behrend staff members will make round trips to the
Brookside Volunteer F : iichoiise. the voting location
for nearly all Behrend students who har e registered
in Erie.
The Brookside Firehouse is on Athens Road,
which is just off of Station Road. It is less than one
mile away from campus
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But even with transportation provided, will stu
dents take advantage of it'.' Have they decided on
who they wish to cast their votes lor? General
trends seem to point to a lack ol decisiveness, even
with voter registration is way up from previous pri-
mary periods.
Katie Miller, a communications and media stud
ies major, remains undecided.
Miller, who admits she has not kept up-to-date on
the politics, is considering voting due to the state's
recent importance: "This is the third time in fifty
years that the primary in Pennsylvania has mat
tered." she said. "I'll think about it."
When asked if the SGA shuttle will increase the
odds of her showing up at the firehouse on Tuesday ,
she stated that "I may very well might go because it
will be easier for me to do that."
Miller, who has a pacemaker and is currently on
her parents' insurance while she attends college,
expressed that the key issues for her were social
security and medicare, both ol which she may use
to decide w ho she will cast her vote for.
If students are not registered in E.ric. they must
vote hv absentee ballot, a mail-in method, of which
unfortunately, the deadline has already past.
It should be noted that students who make it to
the firehouse on Tuesday should be aware that it
their ballot is not found there, they can till out a
provisional ballot. The provisional ballot is a tem-
porarv ballot that will be counted after it is
researched whether the voter w as indeed eligible to
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