Across the United States, state legislatures are considering changes to election laws which could inhibit YOUR right to vote…especially college students!

In 32 states, members of the Republican Party are promoting laws requiring voters to produce a state-issued ID or proof of citizenship to vote.

Recently, New Hampshire House Speaker William O’Brien has received flack for his plan to limit the ability of college students to vote.

In an address to a tea party group in Rochester, O’Brien spoke about proposed updates to New Hampshire voting laws, including a bill barring election day registration and one requiring students to declare residency prior to elections if they intend on voting in their college towns.

During the same speech, which was later posted on YouTube, the Speaker referred to college students as “foolish” and criticized them for “voting with their feelings.” (You can hear for yourself at the 8:30 mark.)

The debates in New Hampshire and other states are quickly becoming an argument between voter fraud and voter disenfranchisement, but is that what it is really about?

The debate over voter fraud has become a perennial issue since the contested 2000 presidential election. While limited by federal law and court rulings, states have authority over how they run elections. Although elections officials say there are occasional cases of fraud, experts say the battle lines are drawn largely along deeply partisan – and largely theoretical – lines.

BONUS: Alexandra Petri of The Washington Post can think of at least  one other group whose voting should be limited…old people!

AP Photo/Tim Wright

Watching the Kilauea volcano eruptions is like something out of a Hollywood movie set (only better).

On Kilauea in Volcano, Hawaii eruptions have been occurring since January 1983, but this past Saturday a new vent opened spewing the lava and creating dangerous fissure eruptions along the east rift zone.

We at USDemoCrazy don’t understand much about volcanoes, but the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory describes the eruption events well.

A crater collapsed and was reduced to debris  and rubble.  The top off of a mountain was not blown off like we often envision it, but instead lava was seeping and spewing out of a crack that extends to the side of Kilauea.

No people have been hurt so far, but curious visitors beware!

Blowing off steam never looked so good  or so dangerous!

Xcode 4 is now available to all Mac and iOS Developer Program members. Xcode 4 has a streamlined new interface that integrates UI design, coding, testing, and debugging, all within a single window. The embedded Apple LLVM compiler underlines coding mistakes as you type, and is even smart enough to fix the problems for you automatically. Learn more about Xcode 4.

Xcode 4 is now available to all Mac and iOS Developer Program members. Xcode 4 has a streamlined new interface that integrates UI design, coding, testing, and debugging, all within a single window. The embedded Apple LLVM compiler underlines coding mistakes as you type, and is even smart enough to fix the problems for you automatically. Learn more about Xcode 4.