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Uneducated and unmotivated: Legislators attack integrity of Montana student voters
February 1, 2011 /
Student voting rights might be threatened by attitudes in the state legislature as characterized by House testimony Friday.
Debating the legitimacy of mail-in ballots, some legislators suggested college students might attempt to forge ballots in addition to being unmotivated and uneducated.
"I was definitely offended by some of the rhetoric in that debate," said Rep. Michele Reinhart, D-Missoula.
Discussion of HB 130 diverged from the topic of mail-in ballots to student voters when Rep. Tom McGillvray, R-Billings, suggested the removal of a clause that mandated voting outreach to students and other traditionally disenfranchised citizens.
By Jayme Fraser
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