Volume 27, Issue 4, September 02, 2004

NEWS

Young American voters living in Denmark

Dear Editor,

Young American voters living in Denmark get real tired of hearing things like "America doesn't have a democracy because most people don't vote", and
"American students donât vote because they donât care about their future or their country." There isnât a good answer to that, since USA voters - especially students - don't vote and the Danes do!

I have been voting by absentee ballot since I was a student in Toronto in 1976. Now I have a daughter who wants to go to college in the USA. University is free in Denmark. But I want my daughter to have a choice. The only hope for an affordable American education these days lies in the student voting block, which could help turn things around.

So for these two reasons: wanting to be proud of young Americans, and wanting them to get an affordable education, I hope you will print this article. Please help get the student vote out - for the first time since 1976!

With best regards, Rose Anne Hamilton
Stjernegade 20E
DK-3000 Helsingoer
Denmark

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