Ohio is Breaking Records This Election


Early voting

OHIO — There’s still time to vote early if you haven’t gotten the chance. But from the numbers, it looks like many already have. 

Secretary of State Frank LaRose said Sunday that Ohioans are turning out in record numbers. Three million residents have casted their ballots, which is more than half the total number of Ohioans who voted in 2016. 

LaRose added that weekend early voting had the biggest turnout he’d ever seen, and expects the state to break more records Monday and Tuesday. 

That follows a trend nationwide as more than 93 million people have voted already, surpassing 67% of the voter turnout in the last election. 

For those looking to vote Monday, polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. It’s also not too late to send in your absentee ballot, as long as it is postmarked by Monday, Nov. 2. It will be counted if it arrives at your county board of elections within 10 days after the election. 

Polls Tuesday will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., and any voter who is in line at 7:30 p.m. will still be allowed to vote. 

The race in Ohio remains tight for the presidential candidates.

President Donald Trump holds a less than one-point lead over former Vice President Joe Biden in the state, according to a polling average from FiveThirtyEight. Neither candidate has had more than a three-point lead over the other since April in the Buckeye State. 

An Emerson College poll released Sunday also shows Biden holding a narrow lead over Trump in Ohio. In other key battleground states, Trump is leading in Iowa by one point, and Biden has a seven-point lead in Michigan. 


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