/tags/early-voting early voting en-US Copyright Mon, 28 Apr 2025 21:20:50 GMT /2025-04-28/early-voting-turnout-in-ohio-is-low-so-far-what-effect-might-that-have-on-issue-2 Of the roughly 8 million registered voters in Ohio, only 83,229 have returned ballots during the early voting period. Mon, 28 Apr 2025 21:20:50 GMT /2025-04-28/early-voting-turnout-in-ohio-is-low-so-far-what-effect-might-that-have-on-issue-2 Jo Ingles /politics-government/2024-11-01/early-votes-cast-in-ohio-this-year-surpass-2016-election-but-mail-in-ballots-drop-by-half-from-2020 As of the Friday before the 2024 general election, the total number of early votes cast have surpassed the last general election before the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of mail-in votes so far has dropped significantly, compared to 2020, when many voted by mail because of the pandemic. Fri, 01 Nov 2024 19:39:55 GMT /politics-government/2024-11-01/early-votes-cast-in-ohio-this-year-surpass-2016-election-but-mail-in-ballots-drop-by-half-from-2020 George Shillcock /2024-10-16/your-early-vote-will-be-counted-in-ohio-if-you-die-before-election-day Questions about early voting in Ohio and death have been raised as former President Jimmy Carter, who is in ill health, plans to vote early in Georgia. Thu, 17 Oct 2024 00:34:25 GMT /2024-10-16/your-early-vote-will-be-counted-in-ohio-if-you-die-before-election-day Jo Ingles /politics-government/2024-10-16/first-week-of-early-voting-brings-out-60-000-people-in-central-ohio-counties Early voting started on Oct. 8. Since then, about 60,000 people have voted in Franklin County and its immediate neighboring counties. Wed, 16 Oct 2024 19:49:06 GMT /politics-government/2024-10-16/first-week-of-early-voting-brings-out-60-000-people-in-central-ohio-counties George Shillcock /politics-government/2024-10-09/sherrod-brown-and-bernie-moreno-jockey-for-support-amongst-columbus-early-voters Democratic nominee U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown and Republican nominee Bernie Moreno held competing events outside the Franklin County Board of Elections. Franklin County is Ohio's most populous county. Wed, 09 Oct 2024 15:40:50 GMT /politics-government/2024-10-09/sherrod-brown-and-bernie-moreno-jockey-for-support-amongst-columbus-early-voters George Shillcock /politics-government/2024-10-08/early-voting-draws-crowds-in-franklin-county-and-suburban-delaware-county-ahead-of-election Franklin County is expected to vote heavily Democratic again, but Delaware County has gone from being a red county to a swing county in recent elecitons. Tue, 08 Oct 2024 23:40:51 GMT /politics-government/2024-10-08/early-voting-draws-crowds-in-franklin-county-and-suburban-delaware-county-ahead-of-election George Shillcock /2024-02-21/early-and-absentee-voting-for-march-primary-underway-in-ohio Registered Ohioans can now cast early ballots in the 2024 presidential and U.S. Senate primaries statewide and on other candidates and issues locally. Wed, 21 Feb 2024 21:26:55 GMT /2024-02-21/early-and-absentee-voting-for-march-primary-underway-in-ohio Sarah Donaldson /2024-01-18/group-resubmits-proposal-to-change-some-ohio-voting-laws-including-required-voter-photo-id A group that wants to get rid of new Ohio laws requiring voters to show photo ID and limiting ballot drop boxes to one per county has resubmitted its amendment to do that and more, after it was rejected by the attorney general last month. Thu, 18 Jan 2024 20:56:10 GMT /2024-01-18/group-resubmits-proposal-to-change-some-ohio-voting-laws-including-required-voter-photo-id Karen Kasler /politics-government/2024-01-18/the-rnc-wants-republicans-to-embrace-early-voting-trumps-rhetoric-makes-it-tough Republican officials want GOP voters to embrace the habit of early voting. But the Republican Party needs its voters to overcome a stigma created by Republicans. Thu, 18 Jan 2024 11:47:26 GMT /politics-government/2024-01-18/the-rnc-wants-republicans-to-embrace-early-voting-trumps-rhetoric-makes-it-tough Ashley Lopez /2023-11-06/early-turnout-for-ohio-election-on-abortion-and-marijuana-issues-outpaces-early-vote-in-august Early voting turnout for Ohio's Nov. 7 election - which has statewide questions on abortion and reproductive rights and recreational marijuana - has outpaced the number of voters who cast early ballots in the August special election. Mon, 06 Nov 2023 06:44:53 GMT /2023-11-06/early-turnout-for-ohio-election-on-abortion-and-marijuana-issues-outpaces-early-vote-in-august Karen Kasler