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Last minute voting tips and suggestions

Last minute voting tips and suggestions

John Engoglia, Beat Reporter October 31, 2024

With election day less than a week away and early voting already well underway, some students may already have their voting plan set.  For those still struggling to find a voting plan that works for...

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally on the campus of East Carolina University, in Greenville, North Carolina, on Oct. 13.

Harris unveils new proposals targeting Black men as she looks to shore up Democratic coalition

Ebony Davis and Eva McKend, CNN October 14, 2024

(CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday unveiled new proposals targeting Black men as she seeks to strengthen her coalition ahead of Election Day. The announcement comes as Harris lags behind...

Voter registration group botched registering Kent State students

Voter registration group botched registering Kent State students

John Engoglia, Beat Reporter September 26, 2024

Throughout the semester, members of a group known as Akron Votes have roamed around campus registering student voters. Recently, it has been revealed that this group has been registering students incorrectly.   Several...

A Morehouse student fills out a voter registration form at a voter registration form at a voter registration booth at Morehouse College on August 19, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia.

Harris still lags behind Biden’s 2020 margins among Black voters, but latest CNN poll suggests she has room to grow support

Edward Wu, CNN September 26, 2024

CNN — Kamala Harris leads Donald Trump by a wide margin among Black likely voters, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, but still falls short of Joe Biden’s winning 2020 margins with...

Kent State students come to the Student Recreation and Wellness Center to cast their votes on Nov. 8, 2022.

Voting 101: How to vote in Ohio

John Engoglia, Beat Reporter September 18, 2024

Students across campus are gearing up for the November election and for many, this will be their first time voting.   There are multiple procedures for voting and registration due to students' varying...

Kent students help mobilize a record number of young voters

Grace Springer, Reporter November 26, 2022

A record number of people under 30 voted in the 2022 midterm elections. Student leaders on Kent Campus mobilized young people by registering voters and increasing enthusiasm ahead of election day. The...

Kent United Church of Christ was one of the voting locations in Portage County.

GALLERY: Views from the polls

Matthew Brown and Asha Blake, Photo Editor, Assistant Photo Editor November 9, 2022

Janice Simmons-Mortiner (back middle) and Sara Moore (right) oversee a polling worker giving a man his ballot at the Kent Free Library on Nov. 8. They are both voting location managers at this precinct.

Kent Library serves as one of many polling locations

Kaitlyn Finchler, Digital Content Manager November 8, 2022

With only a few hours left to vote, the polling managers and workers are gearing up for the next three hours. At the Kent Library, located at 312 W. Main St., Ohio voters can head up to the second floor...

Kent poll workers seeing ‘steady’ turnout early in the day

Emma Andrus, Editor-in-Chief November 8, 2022

Throughout the morning and into the early afternoon, poll workers at the Kent State Recreation and Wellness Center said they’ve seen a “steady” turnout of voters, estimating that nearly 70 voters...

A screenshot of the Ohio online voter registration system website.

Ready to vote? How to check and update your registration ahead of Tuesday’s deadline

Emma Andrus, Editor-in-Chief October 9, 2022

The deadline to register to vote in Ohio is approaching fast: It’s Tuesday. Are you registered to vote? If not, here's how. If yes, here’s how to check your registration and, if needed, update...

Outside of the Beverly J. Warren Student Recreation and Wellness Center located at 1550 Ted Boyd Drive in Kent, Ohio. (The Kent Stater file)

Recreation center to serve as polling location for on-campus Kent voters

Zaria Johnson Editor-in-Chief November 1, 2021

The Beverly J. Warren Student Recreation and Wellness Center will serve as a polling location Tuesday for the Portage County general election. The recreation center will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30...

OPINION: Misunderstood? One-issue voters, misconceptions and what some of them may really care about

Ross McDonnell Opinion Writer March 26, 2021

As someone who, for lack of a better term, enjoys thinking about the relationship between social issues and the law a fair amount, I often found myself analyzing the curiosity that was one-issue (or “single-issue”)...

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