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werdna

(934 posts)
Thu Oct 17, 2024, 03:28 PM Oct 17

More than 551,000 Ohio voters have cast their ballots so far during early voting

"Absentee ballot requests and in-person voting so far are trending toward older, independent voters. About 1 million absentee requests or in-person votes came from those 55 and older. And about 790,000 came from unaffiliated voters. Of the partisans, 370,000 Republicans requested ballots or cast an in-person ballot as did 280,000 Democrats."
https://www.cleveland.com/open/2024/10/more-than-551000-ohio-voters-have-cast-their-ballots-so-far-during-early-voting.html

Down by over half a million from previous two non-covid elections.

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More than 551,000 Ohio voters have cast their ballots so far during early voting (Original Post) werdna Oct 17 OP
I was there last Tuesday on the first day of voting. Xavier Breath Oct 17 #1
We live in a little Munchkin town BOSSHOG Oct 17 #2
I also don't think that I saw any "observers" there. Xavier Breath Oct 17 #3
Look what Ohio GOP did! EricAblair Oct 17 #4
Busted going into board of elections after hours EricAblair Oct 17 #5

Xavier Breath

(5,131 posts)
1. I was there last Tuesday on the first day of voting.
Thu Oct 17, 2024, 03:31 PM
Oct 17

The parking lot was full and the precinct was jumping, though thanks to the number of machines they had I did not have to wait. I can't imagine ever again waiting until election day to vote. It's so much easier to do it early.

BOSSHOG

(40,114 posts)
2. We live in a little Munchkin town
Thu Oct 17, 2024, 03:40 PM
Oct 17

We’ve never waited to vote but they’ll be a steady flow all day. And we always chat with the folks who work the polls catching up on local gossip. My wife and I vote then go get biscuits and gravy and coffee on Main Street. Sometimes it’s nice being old. I always consider it a national holiday when I can vote against republicans.

Xavier Breath

(5,131 posts)
3. I also don't think that I saw any "observers" there.
Thu Oct 17, 2024, 04:00 PM
Oct 17

I looked around but everyone was either voting or getting people signed in. No one was loitering around, harassing anyone or looking suspicious. Of course they could have been hiding in the shadows until a brown-skinned person tried to vote.

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