Georgia College Warns Students About ‘Unauthorized’ Voter Registration Drives

FILE - In this March 18, 2014 file photo, voters cast their ballots in the Illinois primary in Hinsdale, Ill. A lawsuit is challenging Election Day voter registration in Illinois while prompting concerns from civil r... FILE - In this March 18, 2014 file photo, voters cast their ballots in the Illinois primary in Hinsdale, Ill. A lawsuit is challenging Election Day voter registration in Illinois while prompting concerns from civil rights groups about voter access in the November election. The lawsuit, filed in federal court last month by the legal arm of the Illinois Policy Institute, argues that voters in all 102 counties don't have equal access to same-day registration so it should be abolished at the precinct level. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File) MORE LESS
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Kennesaw State University officials on Tuesday warned students that “unauthorized” individuals were “targeting particular student populations” on the Georgia campus with a voter registration drive, indicating that those voter registration forms could be fake, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

In an alert sent to students, Michael Sanseviro, the school’s dean of students, said that “unauthorized individuals are walking around with clipboards claiming they are registering students to vote,” according to the Journal-Constitution. He said that these individuals “are targeting particular student populations.”

The university would not confirm to the Journal-Constitution that the “unauthorized” voter registration efforts were targeting black students, but a “student tipster” told the paper that black students are being targeted.

The school would also not say whether the “unauthorized individuals” were using fake voter registration forms, but Sanseviro indicated in the alert that Kennesaw State students have had a problem in the past with fake voter registration.

“We have had students in the past not be able to vote on election day because they completed a form with an unauthorized person and were never properly registered,” he said in the alert to students. “We are committed to ensuring all eligible KSU students have the proper access and opportunity to participate in the democratic process.”

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