Sometimes, it makes more sense to vote in your hometown — not in Ithaca.

Why voting in Ithaca matters and impacts all of us; Ithacan and Cornellian are ultimately one in the same.

Noah Karr-Kaitin '13 guides us through the disappointing truth of the upcoming presidential election.

Cornell President David Skorton talks about the importance of student involvement in all aspects of the political process.

Jon Weinberg '13 addresses the misconceptions that keep college kids from voting.

When analyzing voting behavior, a recent Cornell study indicated the importance of religion, but stressed that the role of a voter’s religious identity is “contingent on the individual’s social location.” The study, conducted by Prof. Thomas Hirschl, developmental sociology; Prof.

Last spring student voters went to the polls and elected none other than Rammy “Rambo” Salem ’10 to the S.A. presidency. Those with a sense of history will recall that the film character Rambo, artfully played by Sylvester Stallone, rampaged through the Pacific Northwest, his brain short-circuited by the horrors of Vietnam and a manipulating colonel. Our own Rambo is no lunatic on the loose, but since assuming the top spot in student government, his behavior has been no less combative than his film doppelganger. This much, at least, is clear from the early meetings of the S.A..

On Tuesday, April 14, students will have the opportunity to do something very few of their peers at other colleges and universities are able to do — vote for a Trustee who is an undergraduate student. Notice that I didn’t say a “Student Trustee” because the person you elect will be a full voting member of the Cornell University Board of Trustees with the same voice among 64 equals. Next year, you will elect a graduate student.

Cornell is unique among its peers because it has trustees with full rights chosen by and representing specific constituencies — undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, employees, alumni and representatives of New York State. This is not a new experiment. It has been so for some 40 years.

Election Day is almost a month behind us, and a healthy majority of the country — even healthier in Tompkins County — has been celebrating the victory of President-Elect Barack Obama. Still, I was amazed how many Cornell students I spoke with on Nov. 4, who did not vote. In such a historical election, I cannot understand how this is possible. For those people who used the excuse "my vote doesn't count in liberal Ithaca, New York" — you were wrong. Here is why:

This year in Tompkins County, two U.S. House of Representatives seats were up for election, as well as seats in the State Senate and State Assembly. Thanks to the interesting shape of the district we are located in, several seats held close elections.

NEW YORK (AP) — A newspaper report Thursday said tens of thousands of eligible voters have been removed from rolls or blocked from registering in at least six swing states. Election officials lined up to defend their registration procedures and said they had done nothing wrong.

The New York Times based its findings on reviews of state records and Social Security data, and said it had identified apparent problems in Colorado, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Nevada and North Carolina.

Two states had purged voters, the Times said. Ohio and three other states were cited only for sending several requests for voter registration verifications to the Social Security Administration.