I want to talk about the importance of Pennsylvania's part in the upcoming election, and how much advertising plays into it. My faith in true motivation to register hit an all time low when in order to bribe students to register to vote, the university had a huge star (better known as Addison from Grey's Anatomy) come to campus. I agree that it was smart. First off, tons of college girls watch Grey's Anatomy and the chance to meet a former star of the show is priceless. But then how many students who showed up at our dining hall that day went with the true intention of registering to vote? And if they did register, how many of them simply registered as a chance to meet with her face to face instead of wanting to register because they want to have a say in how our country is run over the next four (or eight) years? And just because they are registered to vote, will they? I showed up before "Addison" did simply to register... as an Ohioan. But the kid walking me through registration refused to tell me how to do so. He just kept saying that as a student of Lehigh University, I was a Pennsylvania resident. But I have an address here in PA and in OH. I want to have a say in how local elections go in my hometown, and would have rather registered there and done an absentee ballot, but much to my dismay I was told that "it doesn't matter which state you vote in, as long as you vote." Because of time pressures, I registered as a PA resident because quite frankly I am too busy to take the time to attempt to register to vote twice. But it did upset me that this kid thought the state I voted in doesn't matter, because it does. Unfortunately we are not a one man one vote kind of system. We have one man one vote, which gets turned into 26 men standing in for thousands of voters opinions. What if it were my vote that made the majority in Ohio, and only makes the minority in PA? And if where I vote can make such a difference, why aren't we all allowed to choose where we vote? I can go on an on, but my head is already spinning with all the possibilities of "what if's".