Almost 1.5 million Ohioans request absentee ballots

[brooklynite]

Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer

COLUMBUS -- Amid predictions that next week's election could draw among the highest voter turnouts in Ohio history, an unprecedented number of Ohioans have elected to vote absentee.

Nearly 1.5 million voters through Oct. 24 requested an absentee ballot either in person or by mail, according to the Ohio Secretary of State's Office. Voters can still request an absentee ballot from their county board of elections through Saturday and must postmark their ballots by Monday, Nov. 3 or the ballots can be dropped off at the elections office.

"Every day people from across Ohio are expressing their confidence in our bipartisan election system by taking part in the absentee voting process," Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner said in a statement. "We will continue to prepare for anticipated 80 percent voter turnout, ensuring a successful November general election."

In all, there were 1,234,996 requests by mail and 221,368 in person, according to Brunner's office.

Read more: http://blog.cleveland.com/openers/2008/10/ohio_absentee_ballot_requests.html

[Connie_Corleone]

1. I'm one of them. Mailed my ballot off 2 weeks ago.

[jimshoes]

2. As it happens, I dropped mine off at

the Post Office just this morning. It felt really good.

[midnight]

12. Thank you Ohio...... I live in such a small town ,a square mile in

size, and lots of machines, and no wait. I don't expect any problem. Next Tuesday, I hope to say Mr. Obama is my president. Real kids in the White House again. And not the adult kind that has been occupying the W.H. for the last eight years.

[brooklynite]

3. So, there'll be no work for me to do when I fly into Cincinnati on Friday...?

[Kukesa]

15. Mailed mine on 10/4 and it's been received at my BOE. n/t

[Cirque du So-What]

4. We Buckeyes can also vote early at our local boards of election HQ

I did, last week. I like the way an honest-to-god paper ballot feels in my hand.

[ohio2007]

10. People were standing in long lines at 3900 Euclid Ave

And they were still q'd up during the Browns/Jags game.

[bemildred]

5. Soon it could be easy to vote, everyone would be able to vote.

Just because they are citizens.

[Doctor_J]

13. when that happens, you can say good-bye to the GOP

they'll get about 23% of the vote

[Winterblues]

14. If people would wake the heck up and do what Oregon did over a decade ago

Vote By Mail Oregon established that over a decade ago and everyone , Republicans, Democrats, Independents, Greens, Everyone Loves it.. Oregon also has one of the highest "turn outs" in America. Think about it. You can vote from your kitchen table without having to stand in any lines or find a parking spot or risk running into that obnoxious person you have been avoiding. You can discuss the people and issues on the ballot and make an informed decision and then let the Postman pick up your ballot. And it is a Paper Ballot at that and can be recounted if the need arises.. Republicans figured this out long long ago and they mail out absentee ballots to almost all of their registered voters. More people vote when it is easy to do so...

[blue sky at night]

6. We voted yesterday....

at the Summit County "job center" on Tallmadge Avenue in Akron...and it brought a tear to my eye to be in that very large crowd of mostly African Americans!!! We made history together, and you know I didn't take my camera in there, perhaps I will go back to get some shots. There is going to be an Awesome outpouring of votes for the NExt PResident of the UNited STates of AMerica!!!!







CHange, HOpe, OBama/BIden......!!

[Tiggeroshii]

7. Good call.

Now it's just making sure those ballots get the people and then get counted!

[ladym55]

8. My husband and I are another two absentee ballot voters

I hand delivered our PAPER ballots to the BOE a week ago. I love voting absentee. Sit down with the ballot, a cup of tea, and take my time. I could even research some questions I had.

No more long waits in the rain for me!

[madmom]

9. 3 of us here!

[WCGreen]

11. We two have voted Absentee...

Mrs. WCGreen because she is working the polls for Obama and me because I can't stand to be around all the republicans who dominate my precinct.