The Chronicle of Higher Education has a good story about some of the obstacles students face getting to the polls. They also explore some of the great youthvoterregistrationefforts going on right now.
The most egregious problem:
Many students who go away to college want to register to vote where they are in school. In some states it is relatively easy. Minnesota and Wisconsin, both of which allow voters to register on Election Day, had the top two youth turnouts in the 2004 presidential election: 69 percent and 63 percent, respectively.
In some other states, voters must prove an "intent to stay." Election law in Ohio has specific provisions about students, who may vote, it says, if they intend "to reside permanently in the Ohio county in which the school residence address is located."
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