http://www.statenews.com Today is the day for East Lansing residents to cast their votes to determine who will fill the two open seats on the East Lansing City Council. Anyone registered to vote in East Lansing is eligible to participate in the election. en-us Gryphon 2.2.3b-tsn (woodward)/Foundry5 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:13:19 -0500 webmaster@statenews.com http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/47696 Hans Larsen has worked hard at informing and educating the voters of East Lansing. The truth is there to found for anyone with the willingness and time to look at it. GOOOOOO Hans!! Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:07:01 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/47696 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/47728 Politicians that supported City Center II do NOT deserve your vote or respect. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:00:40 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/47728 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/47737 Joy! This is why students have no voice in the way the city runs, and why the city can get away with banning ‘the right to assembly’ (one of our basic amendments) as well as creating ridiculous ordinances to fine students and make money. There was ZERO % student turnout on campus in 2007, how sad is that? students need to register, and actually get some of their own in the city council, instead of all the old farts who dont want any students here, and help vote many of the laws into effect. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:41:49 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/47737 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/47738 I really hope larsen makes it, but considering their are no student voters, I doubt he will. He is who we need in the city council to help the rights, and fairness of students. And yes, the city government is EXTREMELY corrupt. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:44:45 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/47738 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/47741 I’m looking at the official 2007 election results, downloaded from the County Clerk’s website. While student turnout was embarassingly low, students did indeed vote in 2007 for City Council candidates. The numbers for exclusively on-campus precincts ranged from 2.21% to 3.62%. The community-wide turnout was 10.65%. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:24:49 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/47741 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/47753 The real problem with student voter turnout is the difficulty of registering to vote at your school address. According to “Rogers’ Law,” your driver’s license and voter registration addresses must match. Students don’t want to deal with the hassle of having their driver’s license address change every time they move, so many keep their home address on their license and voter registration, and vote in absentee. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:13:19 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/47753