STARK VOTES 2026: Mid-Term Record for Early Voting

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A lone voter has a choice of privacy voting kiosks at which to cast her ballot at this north Jackson, Miss., election precinct during Mississippi's party primaries, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. Mississippians are voting in party primaries for all four of the state's U.S. House seats and one U.S. Senate seat. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

COLUMBUS, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – Lots of people have voted already.

In fact, a record number for a mid-term Election.

Over 1.7-million Ohioans either voted early or had returned an absentee ballot as of Monday.

The deadline for returning those absentees is 7:30 Tuesday night at the Board of Elections only.

That total tops the 1.5-million in the last mid-term Election four years ago, but take note that Early In-Person Voting at 1.1-million is a much bigger percentage of that vote than in 2022.

Absentee numbers continue dropping, at 736,000 as of Monday.



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