Warren County relocates nursing home voters after COVID-19 ruling

The Ohio Secretary of State’s Office issued a directive Tuesday mandating that all residential senior citizen facilities used as polling locations be relocated due to concerns related to the coronavirus, COVID-19.

Warren County uses four senior facilities as polling locations on Election Day. Three of these locations also are used for voting by voters residing outside the facility.

“We are notifying non-residential nursing home voters by mail that they have been temporary assigned to a new polling location. We have reached out to all these facilities to notify them of the polling location change,” according to a press release issued Tuesday by the Warren County Board of Elections.

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Here are the detailed polling changes:

Quaker Heights in Waynesville - This polling place contains precincts 235 and 239. They now will vote at 1st Baptist Church of Waynesville, 1009 Lytle Road, Waynesville.

Otterbein SeniorLife in Lebanon - This polling place contains precinct 216. They now will vote at Armco Park Club House, 1223 N Ohio 741, Turtlecreek Twp.

Mason Christian Village - This polling place contains precincts 54 and 108. They now will vote at Christ Church, 5165 Western Row Road, Mason.

Cedar Village - This polling place contains precinct 55. They now will vote at Christ Church, 5165 Western Row Road,

Mason.

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All Quaker Heights residents have voted by absentee.

Otterbein SeniorLife residents are being offered the opportunity to vote early at their facility on Wednesday, March 11 at 9:30 a.m. The residents who require assistance voting will be notified that if they wish to vote early, they can do

so on this day or by mail. Residents could also go to their new temporary location on Election Day.

Mason Christian Village has decided to shuttle their residents to the new temporary location on Election Day.

Cedar Village residents are being offered the opportunity to vote early at their facility at 11 a.m. Sunday, March 15. The residents who require assistance voting will be notified that if they wish to vote early, they can do so on this day or by mail. Residents could also go to their new temporary location on Election Day.

Voters are encouraged to vote early at the elections office at 520 Justice Drive in Lebanon.

EARLY VOTING

Voters who want to get their ballots in before primary Election Day on March 17 can vote absentee by mail or in person at their county board of elections offices.

The deadline to request absentee mail ballots is three days before the election, or March 14. Absentee ballots must be signed. Absentee ballots that are mailed must be postmarked by the day before the election to be counted, or they can be returned in-person at the county board of elections before polls close at 7:30 p.m. on Election Day. (Do not take the ballot to a polling place.)

Early voting hours are the same in all counties:

‒ 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. through Friday, March 13

‒ 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 14

‒ 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 15

‒ 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, March 16

The board office is at 520 Justice Drive in Lebanon.

For more information, call 513-695-1358 or 513-925-1358 or visit http://www.warrencountyboe.us.

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