In-Person Voting on Election Day: Nov. 5 - UPDATED 11/5

If you plan to vote in person on Election Day, it’s important to be extra prepared, especially if any travel is required.

Voting in Kent if you live on campus

If you live on-campus, you will be assigned to one of three different polling locations–Kent State Recreation & Wellness Center, United Methodist Church, and the Christian Life Center; make sure to research where to go ahead of time
The poll worker will ask for an ID, confirm your registration (your address does not need to match the address on your ID), and provide you with a ballot and instructions on where to go
Once complete, you will take the ballot to a scanning machine

Go to the polling place associated with your KENT address (visit vote411.org to look up this information).
Present your valid Ohio Photo ID in addition to your out-of-county registration address, and explain that you are in the right precinct based on your Kent address but would like to move your registration to Kent AND vote provisionally.
This ballot WILL COUNT after Portage County calls the home county to make sure there is not a second vote cast.

Lives in Kent and wants to vote in Kent, but is registered to vote out of state, you CANNOT vote in Kent on Election Day.
Lives in Kent, registered to vote in Ohio prior to the deadline, and have an absentee ballot/mail-in ballot from Ohio, you must drive it to 459 S. Meridian St., Ravenna before 7:30 pm on Election Day.
Lives in Kent and registered to vote in Ohio prior to the deadline, you can only vote at your assigned precinct with a valid U.S. Passport or a valid Ohio Photo ID.

You will have an assigned polling place depending on the address you used to register to vote
The poll worker will ask for an ID, confirm your registration (your address does not need to match the address on your ID), and provide you with a ballot and instructions on where to go
Once complete, you will take the ballot to a scanning machine

In-person voting varies in other states. Unless you plan to be at home on Election Day to vote in person while following your home state’s process, you are advised to request that your home state send an absentee ballot to your campus address, complete the ballot, and mail it back to the appropriate office at home.
If you're a U.S. citizen from outside of Ohio who wishes to vote wherever your home is, visit the Kent State Voting Portal to receive information specific to you and your location.

State law in Ohio requires voters who cast their ballot in person to provide ID. This ID must either be a valid Ohio driver’s license or BMV-issued State ID, U.S. Military, Ohio National Guard, or U.S. Veteran ID, or a U.S. Passport.
Any registered Ohio voter can vote by mail without ID using just the last four digits of their Social Security Number. A student from, say, California can register to vote in Ohio using their Kent address, request an Ohio absentee ballot, complete the ballot, and submit it to the Board of Elections, without having to provide anything more than last four numbers of their SSN.

In an emergency, please contact the Portage County Board of Elections Office at 330-297-3511.