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Student Vote Impact (WPR)

(MADISON) Various organizations are on college campuses in Wisconsin this fall registering students to vote. The main organization that opposes a proposed state constitutional amendment defining marriage hopes young voters can swing the vote in their favor.

Political science professor Barry Burden at UW-Madison studies voter turnout. He agrees the student voice could be a deciding factor in the referendum, partly because people in that age group are more likely than older people to know a gay couple.