Speech #920196449

On the other hand. the classifications bar from the franchise many other. admittedly new. residents who have become minimally. and often fully. Informed about the issues. Indeed. recent migrants who take the time to register and vote shortly after moving are likely to be those citizens. such as appellee. who make It a point to be informed and knowledgeable about the issues. Given modern communications. and given the clear indication that campaign spending and voters education occur largely during the month before an election.8 the State cannot seriously maintain that it Is "necessary" to reside for a year in the State and three months in the county in order to be minimally knowledgeable about congressional. state or even purely local elections. There is simply nothing in the record to support the conclusive presumption that residents who have lived in the State for less than a year and their county for less than three months are uninformed about elections.