T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S A T A R L I N G T O N
Tuesday
October 19, 2010
Volume 92, No.
31
www.
theshorthorn.
com
Since 1919
BY VIDWAN RAGHAVAN
The Shorthorn staff
With the commencement of
early voting in Texas, students
addressed their...
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T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S A T A R L I N G T O N
Tuesday
October 19, 2010
Volume 92, No.
31
www.
theshorthorn.
com
Since 1919
BY VIDWAN RAGHAVAN
The Shorthorn staff
With the commencement of
early voting in Texas, students
addressed their concerns of the
upcoming gubernatorial elections
Monday.
Oct.
18 marked the start of
early voting for the Nov.
2 elections.
Students from both sides
of the party lines spoke on the
importance of the upcoming elections in regards to issues like
tuition.
Citizens have an 11-day
time span to vote before election
day.
Matt Foster, UTA College Republicans senior adviser, said
early voting is important and useful because students tend to procrastinate or forget about election
day.
He said early voting gives
students more time.
“Off-year elections guide tuition costs,” he said.
“Students are
directly affected by its outcome.
”
Foster cited Texas’ deregulation of tuition costs for state universities in 2003.
The deregulation transferred
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