Credit: Nick Graham
Credit: Nick Graham
That number had reached 35% by 7 p.m. Tuesday. Polls close at 7:30 p.m.
“We saw high early voting and we are seeing quite a turnout at the polls for election day,” Unzicker said. “We’re seeing there are a lot of passionate voters out there ready to have their voices heard.”
There had been more than 67,700 votes cast by 4 p.m. Tuesday. Last August, when there was a statewide special election for contested statehouse races, turnout was 8.4% with 21,368 ballots cast.
The statehouse primaries were supposed to be in May 2022, but the Ohio Redistricting Commission failed to create maps that the Ohio Supreme Court found constitutional. A federal court ordered the August vote.
The only question on the ballot Tuesday asked Ohio voters whether the state constitution should be changed, making it harder to make such amendments in the future. The proposed change would require approval from 60% of voters and that citizen-initiated petitions receive signatures equal to 5% of the voters in the most recent gubernatorial election in all 88 Ohio counties, in order to get on the ballot.
Credit: Nick Graham
Credit: Nick Graham
Credit: Nick Graham
Credit: Nick Graham
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