135,899 Ohioans have already cast their vote — over 40,000 more than at this point in the 2018 gubernatorial election.
With less than two weeks to go until the Nov. 8 election, 1,076,049 Ohioans have voted early in-person or requested absentee ballots, according to numbers released by Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose.Of those, 135,899 have already cast their vote — over 40,000 more than at this point in the 2018 gubernatorial election.
The overall total of absentee ballot requests in Ohio has increased by 1.8% from the same period in 2018.The deadline to request an absentee ballot is Nov. 5, three days before the election. Mailed absentee ballots must be postmarked by Nov. 7, and received by a county board of elections by Nov. 18. The U.S. Postal Service estimates that it may take two to five days for mailed ballots to be delivered. Ohioans are responsible for covering postage when returning absentee ballots in the mail — no more than two