NC: Young would rather binge drink than vote

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

in the AP on April 2:

YOUNG VOTERS - OR NOT: A campaign reform group backing same-day voter registration reports that more young people in North Carolina engaged in binge drinking than voted during recent presidential elections. Democracy North Carolina said the creation of no-excuse voting before the primary and general election earlier this decade helped boost voter turnout during the 2004 election. It believes that even more people would vote if the Legislature passes a bill that would let people register and cast a ballot at one-stop voting sites in the last weeks before an election. The House has passed the bill, which is now before the Senate.

http://www.dailycomet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070402/APN/704023589

` Voting in North Carolina - Oughta Be As Easy As Falling Off a Bar Stool ~

[citizen snips]

1. They pass out voter registration forms in high school.

I received a form my junior year and I voted in the 2006 U.S. House races. But as far as drinking goes I have the right to not self incriminate myself.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

2. Oh, they pass out, allright....

but then, given a choice, I'll take voting.