Dorm life poses challenges to Georgia college students aiming to vote in November election

Out-of-state students living in Emory University’s dorms need to register at the addresses of individual buildings according to the secretary of state’s office, despite information provided by the school’s Emory Voter Initiative. (John McCosh/Georgia Recorder)

When students at Emory University registered to vote this year, they were faced with two main campus options for guidance: The Emory Votes Initiative, a university-administered program for nonpartisan voter education, or Emory Young Democrats, a student-run club and chapter of the Young Democrats of Georgia.

Georgia’s Young Republicans don’t have a chapter at Emory.

What seemed like one of the only inconsequential choices in a consequential election could potentially cost young voters their ballots.