Bob Brady and College Voters

The folks at www.866ourvote.org, the Election Protection people, have been sending me updates on attempts to suppress the vote. Something in one of these emailed press releases really caught my eye. Check out this local connection:

Congressman Robert A. Brady (PA-01) , in his role as Chairman of the Committee on House Administration, presided over a hearing entitled, “Ensuring the Right of College Students to Vote,” designed to collect evidence of existing barriers to students seeking to vote in the upcoming election. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) testified alongside students, election officials and voting rights activists.

* PENNSYLVANIA: Last week, students at Drexel University in Pennsylvania reported seeing flyers around campus warning students that police would be at the polls on Election Day, arresting anyone with a prior offense, including unpaid parking tickets.

It went on to list other tactics aimed at keeping college students out of the polls.