Students have little time
to register for primaries
By Julie Sobczyk
Staff Reporter
Time is running out for UNL stu
dents who have not registered to vote
in the May 10 primary.
Lancaster County Election Com
missioner Patricia Hansen said May 2
was the deadline for voter registra
tion.
“Normally the deadline would be
Friday, but because it’s Arbor Day, it
was moved to Monday,” she said.
“Offices in some part of the state will
be closed, but not in Lincoln.”
As of April 15, there were about
123,000 registered voters in the
county, Hansen said. State law re
quires re-registration for change of
name, address or party affiliation.
Hansen said not much had been
done to encourage university students
to register to vote because classes
wouldn’t be in session on the May 10
election.
But, she said, the commissioner’s
office planned to work with students
for the November election.
Registering to vote is a top priority
for some University of Nebraska-Lin
coln students.
“I want to register to vote because
I feel it’s my civic duty. Voting is the
only way you can express your views
in this country,” said Sara Havelka, a
freshman speech pathology major.
Kim Hayek, a freshman account
ing major, said although registering
to vote was important, it was hard to
find the time for it.
“It’s important to vote because if
someone gets elected and you didn’t
vote, you have no right to complain,”
she said. “But if youdid vote,and your
candidate doesn’t get elected, then
you have an authentic gripe.”
Two organizations at UNL, Col
lege Republicans and Young Demo
crats, are especially concerned about
registering students to vote.
Jennifer Cusick, president of Col
lege Republicans, said, “It’s very im
portant, especially as a college stu
dent, to get into the habit of voting. If
you forfeit your right to vote, then you
forfeit your right to complain.”
She said voting in the May 10
primary would be especially impor
tant because the local officials elected
would directly impact students’ lives.
Andrea Casart, president of UNL
Young Democrats, agreed.
“I feel it’s important for students to
register to vote, because like any citi
zen, they have a lot at stake. They
need to communicate their feelings.”
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screens be stopped until alternatives
can be discussed, that university law
yers find a way out of the contract
without penalty and that NU take a
public stand against Mitsubishi.
The letter was accompanied by a
report stating that Mitsubishi owned
considerable shares of logging com
panies in South America, Southeast
Asia, Canada and other countries,
making it the second largest importer
of tropical timber.
While most regents were going to
wait until Saturday to decide what to
do, they agreed changes in the con
tract were unlikely.
Rosemary Skrupa of Omaha said
she was doubtful the university could
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new, Williams said. But so far, most
have focused on the automobile and
electronics industries.
“We’re certainly not the first ones,”
Williams said. “It’s been happening
all around the nation. Wcjust haven’t
heard about it much in the Midwest.”
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