Student Voters Lean Left — So the Right Is Making It Harder for Them to Vote
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For more than a decade, GOP state legislators have sought to make it harder for students — a group that by and large leans left — to vote. In 2012, Republicans in North Carolina eliminated the ability of 16- and 17-year-olds to preregister to vote so that they would be automatically able to cast their ballots upon turning 18. The following year, Ohio Republicans sought to penalize…