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In spite of Ohio’s GOP US Senate race, early voting for March primary down from previous years
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Though there’s a bitter and expensive three-way race for the Republican nomination for US Senate on this March ballot, early voting numbers for the… Read More
![Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams, speaks the Rotunda at the Kentucky State Capitol during the swearing in ceremony of the Constitutional Officers.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AP24019754051547-e1705950342813-900x422.jpg)
A bill seeking to end early voting in Kentucky exposes divisions within Republican ranks
By: Bruce Schreiner | AP
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams has forcefully pushed back against an effort to eliminate three days of early voting in the Bluegrass State, exposing fissures… Read More
![Voters line up in Columbus at Franklin County's early voting center on the first day of early in-person voting for the August special election.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/download-1-1-e1689194697607-900x422.webp)
Early turnout for Ohio’s election on abortion and marijuana issues outpaces early vote in August
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — County boards of elections closed their early voting centers after the only weekend of voting to prepare for the Ohio Election Day on Tuesday,… Read More
![A poll worker helps a voter to a machine at Franklin County's early voting center in Columbus on Sunday, March 15. In-person voting for the March 17 primary was cancelled the next day and the mail-in deadline was extended to April 28.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG_3537-e1592363438992-900x422.jpeg)
Early votes in Ohio’s Nov. 7 election on reproductive rights and marijuana are up over August’s vote
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — With just over a week of early voting left before election day on Nov. 7, the numbers are ahead of where they were for the… Read More
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Early voting is under way in Ohio for rare August statewide primary
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Early voting is now under way for Ohio’s rare, statewide August primary for state legislative races — which were delayed because of state leaders’… Read More
![A Franklin County poll worker sets up a machine for an early in-person voter at the county's Early Vote Center](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/a-franklin-county-poll-worker-sets-up-a-machine-for-an-early-in-person-voter-at-the-countys-early-vote-center-on-oct-23-2018-credit-jo-ingles-scaled-e1650463611627-900x422.jpg)
Early voting for Ohio’s May 3 primary is lagging behind 2018’s primary turnout
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Despite hotly contested races on the Republican and Democratic primary ballots, the turnout for early voting in Ohio is down nearly 30% compared to… Read More
![An overhead shot of the line behind the Franklin County Board of Elections early vote center around 3:30pm on Sunday, the final day of weekend early voting.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/overhead_shot-e1604332585368-900x422.jpg)
Long Waits Again As Thousands Cast Ballots At Close Of Weekend Early Voting In Ohio
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Thousands of Ohioans cast ballots on the final day of weekend early voting in Ohio – some for standing in line for hours. That… Read More
![Juliet Roa takes a selfie as supporters of President Trump wave flags outside an early voting location at the John F. Kennedy Library on Tuesday in Hialeah, Fla.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ap_20301709744034-4474eab4c58388eea525bb614631347e7d28d862-scaled-e1603991220194-900x422.jpg)
Within The Early Voting Boom, Youth Turnout Seems To Be Surging
By: Juana Summers | NPR
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More than 6 million voters under 30 have cast early ballots, compared with roughly 2 million at the same time in 2016. The number of first-time voters in that group has doubled in four years.
![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.
![Early voters at the Athens County Board of Elections on Oct. 6, 2020](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Vote-e1602704912988-900x422.jpg)
Early In-Person Voting Underway For Much Of Ohio Valley
By: Liam Niemeyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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CHRISTIAN COUNTY, Ky. (OVR) — Christian County Clerk Mike Kem in western Kentucky has already seen COVID-19 enter his doors — three of his employees are currently isolated with the virus…. Read More
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Lines Long As Early Voting Begins Amid Pandemic Precautions
By: Aaron Payne
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NORWOOD, Ohio (AP) — Early voting has begun in Ohio, again looming as a potential swing state, but this time in a pandemic-altered election. Elections officials are hoping voters will… Read More
![Voters cast their ballots on Election Day in McArthur, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/3-e1524771260692-900x422.jpg)
Voting Rights Group says this Primary’s Vote Total so Far is Just Half of 2016’s
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A voting rights organization says there are potentially a lot fewer voters who will cast ballots this year compared to the presidential primary four years ago. The… Read More
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Voter Registration/Rights Training with Indivisible Appalachian Ohio and Ohio Voice
Know your rights as a voter! Do you know how to register voters who are incarcerated? homeless? under age 18? in college? Are you up to date on early voting,… Read More
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Pre-Election Efforts
By Nick Lantz ATHENS, Ohio – The town of Athens is buzzing with people making phone calls, knocking on doors, and handing out pamphlets. Many local activists are working harder… Read More