With only a month remaining before the presidential elections, ISU political organizations and Internet sites are aiming to get out the message that college students need to register to vote. Several Web sites, including www.rockthevote.org and www.voter.com, are offering online voter registration services, enabling citizens to request absentee ballots. These Web sites also provide information about the election and the voting process. There also are several on-campus efforts aimed at getting students prepared to vote. Student political organizations are stressing the importance of students’ votes in the outcome of November’s election. “Students could possibly make or break this election for Al Gore,” said Debbie Kattenhorn, president of ISU Democrats. “We need to get as many people registered to vote to get Al Gore elected.” The ISU Democrats are supporting the use of satellite-voting stations on campus, said Kattenhorn, senior in political science. She said there will be five places on campus for students to cast their votes. In addition, the ISU Democrats and the College Republicans have set up tables in dining halls, residence halls and the Memorial Union to inform students about registration and their voting opportunities. “By voting, you have a say in what kind of government we have,” said College Republicans President Jason Darrah, senior in political science. “Someone is going to get voted in – why not have a say in it?” Politics Unlimited, an ISU-9 program, is another source of information about the candidates and the election, said Aaron Fister, president and producer of the show. “We try to encourage people to vote,” said Fister, junior in management information systems. “But we want them to be educated voters.” Lynn Scarlett, deputy auditor of elections in Story County, said voters must be registered by Oct. 28 to be eligible to vote in the Nov. 7 presidential election. She said voter registration and absentee ballot request forms are available online at www.storycounty.com, but if ISU students are registered to vote in another county they must mail in an absentee ballot-request form to that county. The Secretary of State Web site, www.sos.state.ia.us, includes a list of Iowa county auditor office locations. Scarlett said absentee ballots cannot be e-mailed to county auditors’ offices. “In August, Secretary of State Chet Culver did a campaign to get people to register to vote,” Scarlett said. “He handed out stickers that said, `Go vote. If you don’t, who will?'” Vernon Wall, assistant dean of students, said students are enjoying the easy accessibility the Web offers to voter registration and absentee request forms. When one of these Web sites is down, he said he gets calls about it.