Nearly 250 Kent State students may be turned away from voting this year.

This semester, a third-party group registered students to vote on campus. However, improper information the group provided to students has rendered their registration invalid.

As a public service, The Kent Stater is providing a list of affected students who may not know their registration is invalid in an effort to reach them before the Oct. 7 deadline to register to vote.

The nonpartisan League of Women Voters provided the list, which The Kent Stater verified was obtained through a public records request.

“These canvassers weren’t nefarious, just poorly trained,” said Barb Hipsman Springer, a liaison for the League of Women Voters. “But they had a fail rate of nearly 25% – more than 200 eager-to-register students will be turned away on Election Day.”

The Portage County Board of Elections has tried to reach students by phone calls and mail. However, it is unlikely students received any notice if their information was incorrect.

Students can visit the KSU Library Services Desk to re-register by Monday, Oct. 7. For more information, visit Kent.edu/vote.

Please note some names may not have been clear enough to read and others may have already re-registered. 

If you are on this list, you may not be able to vote on Nov. 5 unless you re-register:

Alton Northup is the news director. Contact him at [email protected].