Intimidating college student voters

Fretting that Greensboro college students are going to swing an upcoming vote on a proposed performing arts center, one commenter demands:

"Anyone who cannot produce a NC ID with a an actual NC local residential permanent address is not eligible to vote."

That's wrong. Aside from the fact that, year after year, the university precincts in Greensboro consistently have the fewest number of voters voting anyway, and have never been a significant factor in any local vote, North Carolina election law is quite clear about the eligibility of out-of-town college students being allowed to register to vote in North Carolina. As Democracy North Carolina explains:

• You can declare your old address (probably your parents’ address) as your home, because that’s where you return periodically; in that case, you may register and vote in your old hometown.

• Or you can declare your new address as your home, because that’s where you return, day after day; in that case, you may register and vote in your new town. 

Let us hope that people do not start promulgating misinformation in an effort to intimidate college student voters.