Find out where your vote counts more
Although the Supreme Court in 1979 guaranteed students the right to vote in the area they attend school, recent problems in Virginia (see the New York Times, NPR All Things Considered pieces) has brought the issue to national attention.
In comes the Web site countmore.org, a site that uses FiveThirtyEight.com and pollster.com to determine which states are more hotly contested and which aren't. It allows you to put in your school state and your home state, then tells you where your vote counts more. Apparently Ohio and Colorado count for the most, and Missouri is in the "Margin < 10 percent" category, just above "all other states." See the FAQ page for their full ranking and among other things, an admonition not to vote in two different states.
See this post about how to register to vote in Boone County.
And if you don't even want to go to the site, here are the states that are ahead of Missouri: Ohio, Colorado, Virginia, Nevada, Pennslyvania, Florida, Iowa, Indiana, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Oregon, Wisconsin and West Virginia.
It is tied with Arkansas, Delaware, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maine, North Carolina, North Dakota, New Jersey, and Washington.
According to pollster, Missouri leans Republican, with the latest numbers at 49.8 percent for McCain and 44.7 percent for Obama.
