Also, uh... what about students who don't have cars? Or, god forbid, don't have driver's licenses? Where do they fit into this sh*t sandwich?
Sounds like this wouldn't apply to them. It's saying if you have a car, it should be registered in OH if you are registered to vote in OH.
The car-vote registration connection seems pretty arbitrary to me. If you live somewhere the greater part of the year, you are involved in that community. It makes more sense for you to vote there than somewhere you don't spend as much time in and so don't have as much of a clue what's going on. If you have your car registered in another state with your parents or whatever because it's easier, what's the big deal?
College students are sojourners who will mostly leave when it's done. They have no vested interest in enacting good policy or in seeing the city succeed. They have no skin in the race. Unless they are willing to take the extra steps of registering their other particulars in the area, their claim to interest in the area is tenuous.
Except, that's not how voting works. There is no reality show, "So, you think you can vote?" where you need to prove that you deserve the right to vote. Your state or county has no ability to tell if you "really" love them enough to vote with purpose. Therefore, it's a complete red herring.
You do not need to intend to live somewhere for the rest of your life to vote there. That's not a requirement to vote for anyone, although Republicans have decided it is for students. This is clearly a cynical political move to disenfranchise people because Republicans don't like how they vote. It is nothing else.
Let's just think about this logically. Being a full-time student in Ohio is more than enough to claim domicile in Ohio. That meets all the requirements, so dragging in vehicle registration or driver's licenses is just putting a special burden on one group for political purposes.
