Sealed and delivered with ease was a gray area for Kent State University when the Kent Student Center Post Office closed this year. With the closing of the Contract Postal Unit, for financial reasons, according to Kent Mail Service’s Matt Staveski, Kent State temporarily did not have stamps available for purchase.

These stamp accessibility issues and campus post office closure come as postage rates have continued to rise. At the end of January, The United States Postal Service increased stamps by two cents. A standard one-ounce letter is now 68 cents. And despite the growing rates, people do not seem deterred from mailing items.

An upcoming primary election on March 19 will also tell whether voters opt for in-person voting or an early and absentee ballot option. The last presidential election had a large portion of voters voting absentees, but it also took place during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Portage County Board of Elections shared that voters can request their primary election ballots now to ensure their vote but need to remember the deadlines for returning their ballots in time.