Quick Hits - 4/24/08
- At 9pm Eastern tonight I'll be blogging at Daily Kos as part of the weekly Kossacks Under 35 series. I'll be blogging about the three new books reporting on the youth vote this year.
- The CT legislature passed a law allowing 17 year olds the right to vote in a primary if they will turn 18 by the general election. - Rock the Vote
- Nancy Scola explores the brief history of Facebook's role as a social change agent, both the good and the bad. -AlterNet
- Micah Sifry doubts allegations that the Clinton campaign raise $10 million in 24 hours this week. - TechPresident
- Republicans in Arizona are looking to ban ethnic student groups and associations. - DailyKos
- Ben Adler reports that Obama lost young white voters to Sen. Clinton in Pennsylvania. - Campus Politico
- The Chronicle of Higher Education takes a brief look at the Harvard IOP survey results. - Chronicle of Higher Education
- The Arcade Fire and Superchunk are playing at ealry get out the vote rallies in support of Sen. Obama in North Carolina. - Merge Records
- Voto Latino discovers that Jenna Bush may not vote for John McCain, but then again, she doesn't really pay attention to politics anyway. Awesome. Way to be a role model Jenna. - Voto Latino
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