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![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 voting is underway in Ohio. To vote by mail, be sure to use the right ballot request form
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — There are lines reported in some counties for the first day of early voting for the Aug. 8 special election. In Franklin County, voters… Read More
![Kentucky mail-in ballot.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/PXL_20200930_145212642.PORTRAIT-scaled-e1604090234764-900x422.jpg)
GOP action on mail ballot timelines angers military families
By: Julie Carr Smyth | Gary Fields | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s restrictive new election law significantly shortens the window for mailed ballots to be received — despite no evidence that the extended timeline has led to fraud or… Read More
![An election worker takes ballots from voters dropping them off at an official ballot drop box at the Miami-Dade County Board of Elections.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ap_20302613105018-9d4bc0cf7876c73aeddd84bbf07681898f1e8137-scaled-e1603922563246-900x422.jpg)
Election Officials Say Window To Mail Back Ballots May Be Closed, Suggest Other Paths
By: Sam Gringlas | NPR
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Election experts say there is no longer enough time to ensure ballots sent through the mail will be delivered in time. They’re encouraging voters to deliver their ballots by hand or vote in person.
![Boxes of mail-in ballots](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ballots_one__credit_dan_konik__0-e1603120782907-900x422.jpg)
Vendor Says Ohio, Pennsylvania Ballot Backlogs Caught Up
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The vendor responsible for the printing and mailing of 2.4 million delayed ballots across Ohio and Pennsylvania says it is all caught up. Cleveland-based Midwest Direct… Read More
![Boxes of mail-in ballots](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ballots_one__credit_dan_konik__0-e1603120782907-900x422.jpg)
Vendor Blames Higher Than Expected Demand For Delayed Mail-In Ballots
By: Aaron Payne
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A direct mail company that’s been hired to print and distribute absentee ballots to Ohioans who requested them has not been able to get them to voters as fast… Read More
![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)
Ohio Officials: Some Ballots Reported Incorrect May Be Right
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Officials in Ohio say some of the nearly 50,000 absentee ballots reported last week to be incorrect may have been correct after all, but replacement ballots… Read More
![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)
Some Ohio Voters Report Receiving Damaged Ballots
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohioans who have been waiting for their mail-in ballots are starting to open up their postal boxes to find them. But some might be in… Read More
![People wait in line to vote in Georgia's June 9 primary election at Park Tavern in Atlanta.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/georgia-line-e624237f876bfaae75addcadc515cfd0efa5647e-scaled-e1601556693926-900x422.jpg)
Fewer People May Vote By Mail Than Expected
By: Miles Parks | NPR
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This summer, experts expected more than half of all Americans to vote by mail. Recent polls seem to indicate the number to be significantly lower, which could mean extraordinary lines in some places.
![Drop box behind Delaware County Bd of Elections](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/del_co_drop_box__credit_jo_ingles_-e1597676662985-900x422.jpg)
Court Rules More Ballot Drop Boxes Could Be Installed For November Election
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A Franklin County Common Pleas Court has ruled additional drop boxes can be installed prior to the November election if Secretary of State Frank LaRose wants them…. 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)
There’s A Way To Track Your Ballot In Ohio Other Than Illegally “Voting Twice”
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — In North Carolina Wednesday, President Trump told voters to cast a ballot by mail then go to vote in person later. He says if they… Read More
![A box to drop off absentee ballots sits in the parking lot of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections in Cleveland.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cuyahoga_county_boe_vote_drop_box_-_credit_kasler-e1585263370395-900x422.jpeg)
WATCH: How Election Officials And USPS Handle Mail-In Ballots
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — The pandemic is pushing more voters to cast ballots by mail. While most evidence shows that voting fraud is extremely rare, President Trump has been claiming… Read More