Last week, when early voting began, students from NC A&T marched with students from UNC-G and Bennet College to the early voting site near downtown Greensboro to protest the fact that polling sites had not been set up on campus. Various national news websites picked up on this story.
Such campus sites had been established in the past during presidential election years. The students were obviously tied to democratic socialist activist groups that saw political benefit in having such polling sites. Indeed, the overall direction of American black political activism is socialist.
It turns out that campus sites had not been established previously for mid-term elections. Their sense of entitlement to have this amenity is therefore not based upon true precedent.
Many of these students live on campus. I remember that I commuted to school nearly 1 1/2 hours each way when I went to NYU during the late 70’s and early 80’s. To suggest that it is a major barrier for them to take a bus to the polling place one or two miles away is absurd. It would only require modest initiative. This is a pampered, entitled group of students who have every opportunity to vote.
Indeed, it would be best if they did absentee mail ballots to their home communities where they have their primary residence. It is profoundly unjust that the influence of out-of-town (and out-of-state) college students influence our local elections here in Greensboro and Guilford County.
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