Early Voting Starts Tuesday!

By all accounts, early voting will follow the same rules as a result of the HB194 petition Repeal drive. Below is an excerpt from the Enquirer last week which provides details on the schedule for those in Hamilton County:

Here is the info on how to vote by mail-in or in person at boards of election starting Tuesday:

Hamilton County: Elections director Sally Krisel said in-person voting will initially be from 8 to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, except for Tuesday, Oct. 11, the last day to register to vote, when the board office at 824 Broadway downtown will be open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. The board office will be open on two Saturdays – Oct. 22 and 29 – from 8 a.m. until noon. Beginning Monday, Oct. 24 through Friday, Nov. 5, the board office will extend weekday hours until 6 p.m. For information on obtaining absentee mail-in ballots, go to www.votehamiltoncounty.org or call (513) 632-7000

Voting Absentee

Independent of what position you might take with respect to absentee voting, the fact is that it is very much available to the voters of Greenhills, through the Hamilton County Board of Elections. The election last fall demonstrated the fact that the availability of an absentee ballot is becoming a viable choice for voters in the area (see chart at left). In addition, the party affiliation of absentee voters does not skew strongly in one direction or the other, with 36% of absentee voters registered as Republicans, 38% as independents, and 26% as Democrats.

The rules are posted on the Hamilton County Board of Elections website, and the form requesting absentee ballots can be downloaded from there as well. the rules for submission of the application are fairly flexible, requiring that for an application to be accepted by mail, the application "must be received by the board of elections by noon on the third day before the election." The ballot must be postmarked "no later than the day before Election Day and received by your board of elections no later than 10 days after the election."

Please consider the absentee ballot as an option for this coming fall's election. And act now to download your application and get your vote in.