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Your early vote will be counted in Ohio if you die before Election Day
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Democratic former President Jimmy Carter, who’s 100 years old and has been under hospice care, cast a ballot Tuesday during Georgia’s early voting period. His… Read More

Early voting is underway in Ohio for the November election
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Election Day is four weeks from Tuesday, and across Ohio, early voting brought out people to cast their ballots at their boards of elections… Read More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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 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

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

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

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

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