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GUEST OPINION: Check your absentee ballot

Debbie Barber President of the Kent League of Women Voters • November 2, 2020

Some voters are sharing concerns that they have voted early but worry that there might be something wrong with their ballot and it won’t be counted. Here is how to check that your early ballot will be...

Early voting in Ohio: What you need to know to cast a ballot

Maria McGinnis Features editor • October 31, 2020

With Election Day less than a week away, time is ticking for voters to carry out their voting plans and make sure their ballots are cast correctly and on time.Registered Ohioans have three options to cast...

Election Day: What to bring and where to go

Kim Fisher Reporter • October 29, 2020

Before going to the polls, students should make sure they know where their polling place is and that they have the proper identification when they arrive. The Board of Elections in each county sent a...

Kent State students talk absentee ballots, struggles with voting

Bronwyn Wain Reporter • October 21, 2020

The 2018 midterm elections saw a massive surge in college student voting. Now, students are ensuring their voices will be heard in the 2020 presidential election by using absentee ballots. Senior nursing...

Students on campus face voter registration challenges

Gina Butkovich Managing editor • October 1, 2020

Kent State students attempting to register to vote at their campus address might be running into trouble registering online. The online registration system in Ohio uses the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles...

Louisville agrees to pay Breonna Taylor’s family $12 million and enact police reforms in historic settlement

Mark Morales, Eric Levenson, Elizabeth Joseph and Christina Carrega, CNN • September 15, 2020

(CNN) -- The city of Louisville, Kentucky, has agreed to pay $12 million to the family of Breonna Taylor and institute sweeping police reforms in a historic settlement of the family's wrongful death...

Updates in Ohio’s primary election: How to get an absentee ballot and still vote

Jenna Borthwick TV2 news director • March 28, 2020

The Ohio General Assembly approved a plan Wednesday to extend absentee voting for the 2020 primary election until April 28 and eliminate most in-person voting.Lawmakers overruled Secretary of State Frank...

How to approach voter registration and Election Day

Madisyn Woodring Reporter • January 29, 2020

Even though voter turnout in the 2018 election for ages 18 to 29 increased to 36 percent it was still lower than all other age groups that year, according to Census data.According to political science...

What to do before voting in the Ohio primary

Mitch Felan Political Correspondent • March 6, 2016

After weeks of following the endless coverage of national caucuses and primaries, one of the nation’s biggest swing state competitions, the Ohio primary, will take place March 15.Voting for primaries...