At least several hundred first-time voters in Philadelphia and the surrounding area were forced to vote provisionally Tuesday after their names weren’t on register lists in various polling places, a PennPIRG press release indicated.

There have been reports from multiple Temple students who have said they were directed to vote provisionally in polling places off-campus despite registering to vote on time and properly.

At polling places on 10th and Oxford streets and 16th and Berks streets, Temple students were separated into “college lines” and voted provisionally, multiple students said.

One Temple student said he was forced to vote provisionally at the Amos Recreation Center at 16th and Berks streets without giving his name or offering his voter registration card.

Some reports indicate late registration by students has been the cause of the mixup, but the press release warned the city didn’t update its rolls after Philadelphia was redistricted following the 2010 U.S. Census.

Multiple news outlets have projected Barack Obama will carry Pennsylvania in the 2012 Presidential Election.