I just attended a Voting Rights panel in the Senate Russell building. Representatives of a variety of civil rights organizations, as well as Sen. Obama's chief of staff, discussed various ways that voters have been disenfranchsied, especially younger voters, minorities, and people with disabilities. Particularly insidious are states now requiring driver's licenses at polling places. Only half of blacks and Latinos, and less than half of black males 18-24 have state licenses in some places. As recently reported on Campus Progress, students in particular must be vigilant in protecting their right to vote.