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by Ben Spittle
Exchange Staff

     Last week 99 students registered to vote when the town of Rindge held on-campus registration for students in preparation for the upcoming November election.

     The town of Rindge held on-campus registration last week to give students the opportunity to register on campus to allow students a more convenient way to vote without having to go home.

     Indications are that approximately 200 students registered to vote on campus after both of the registration days had ended.

     "Ninety-nine students came and registered to vote last week. We are happy with the turn out, because a lot of people just come to register on Election Day," said Rindge town supervisor  Roberta Letourneau.

     "It's nice to get those 99 students registered now, because we always get a lot of students coming in on Election Day to register to vote. It gets crazy and hectic so if we can get a majority of the registrations out of the way now then it's easier for us," said Letourneau.

     This was a relatively low number as opposed to years past when the town of Rindge came to campus. Letourneau said, "Four years ago we had 300 students come to register."

     Across the country young voters have mixed emotions about the upcoming election. A FOX news poll asked voters from ages 19 to 28 what word they would use to described the election, answer ranged from "excited" to "frustrated."

     Kayla Johnson, a sophomore, said, "There are multiple possibilities to why so few students registered to vote on campus. Some students may have registered back home. Some students may not want to vote because they dislike the candidates running.

     According to cnn.com in a recent article discussing the youth vote, the actual overall voter totals decreased from 2000, and the number of voters under the age of 25 increased by eleven percent.

     However, FoxNews.com said, "As Election Day quickly approaches, polls indicate that youth voters may have an unprecedented impact on the presidential race."

     North Carolina has over 570,000 new registered voters this year. Youth voters make up approximately nine percent of the votes.