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![Absentee voters can drop off their election ballots in this box on Court Street in uptown Athens.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Ballot-box-2-scaled-e1600885689146-900x422.jpg)
You Cannot Have A Do-Over On Your Vote In Ohio
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — President Trump has taken to Twitter, advocating that people who previously voted for Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden change their vote. But you cannot do… Read More
![Gov. Mike DeWine holds a coronavirus press conference on September 15, 2020.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/mike_dewine_with_screen_of_veterans_hof_091520-e1603837369624-900x422.jpg)
Gov. DeWine Downplays Threat Of Another Shutdown Amid COVID-19 Resurgence
By: Gabe Rosenberg | WOSU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine on Tuesday dismissed the idea of another statewide shutdown, even as Ohio sees its highest-ever surge of coronavirus cases – surpassing even… Read More
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Early Voting May Change the Impact of Last Week Blitz Campaigning
We are in the last seven days of the 2020 Presidential election, but it is a campaign and a race like no other. Traditional campaigning has been turned on its… Read More
![Voters approach a polling location in Austin, Texas, on Oct. 13 — the first day of voting in the state. Nearly 8 million votes already have been cast in Texas.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gettyimages-1229054500-6c60957a0924dfbe1a50b5db0e7cfcc79965197e-scaled-e1603811466952-900x422.jpg)
66 Million And Counting: Americans Are Breaking Early Voting Records
By: Barbara Sprunt | NPR
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With a week left, Americans have already cast 66 million early ballots, putting the 2020 election on track for historic levels of voter turnout.
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Athens Co. Confirms 30 COVID-19 Cases For October 27
By: Aaron Payne
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens County has now had 1,311 total cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic after 30 cases were confirmed Tuesday. The Athens City-County Health Department… Read More
![Attorney General Dave Yost announcing the results of Operation Autumn Hope at a press conference at the Statehouse.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AGYost_Autumn_Hope-e1603811087679-900x422.jpg)
Over 100 Arrests, 100 Survivors In Ohio’s Biggest Human Trafficking Sting
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Around 50 law enforcement agencies have arrested 177 people and found 109 survivors in what’s considered the largest human trafficking sting ever in Ohio…. Read More
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Jorma Kaukonen and John Hurlbut to Release Special Record Store LP Deluxe Package
Culture Factory USA will release a vinyl LP deluxe package by Jorma Kaukonen and John Hurlbut, The River Flows, on Record Store Day’s Black Friday Event (RSD Black Friday) November… Read More
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WOUB Experience Inspires Grad to Pay it Forward
Wayne Hepler graduated from Ohio University in 1980 and 1989 ATHENS, OH – In many ways, Wayne Hepler’s life has come full circle. As a mass communication professor in Maryland,… Read More