Round-Up of Critical Election Dates

YOU CAN REQUEST YOUR VOTE-BY-MAIL BALLOT NOW! IN CUYAHOGA COUNTY, GO TO: boe.cuyahogacounty.gov/voters/vote-by-mail

• Oct 7 – Voter registration deadline (9:00 pm); in Cuyahoga County, check your registration HERE.
• Oct 8 – Early, in-person voting at the Board of Elections begins(photo ID required)

Early, in person voting hours:

• Oct 8-18: Weekdays*, 8:00 am-5:00 pm
• Oct 21-25: Weekdays*, 8:00am-6:00 pm
• Oct 26: Saturday, 8:00 am-4:00 pm
• Oct 27: Sunday, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
• Oct 28: Monday, 7:30 am-7:30 pm
• Oct 29: Tuesday, 7:30 am-8:30 pm
• Oct 30-Nov 1: Weekdays*, 7:30 am-7:30 pm
• Nov 2: Saturday, 8:00 am-4:00 pm
• Nov 3: Sunday, 1:00-5:00 pm

*Weekdays are denoted as Monday through Friday

• Oct 8 – Mail-in voting begins
• Oct 29 – Last day to request a mail-in ballot (8:30 pm). In Cuyahoga County, request or print your Vote-by-Mail applicationHERE
• Nov 3 – Early, in-person voting at the Board of Elections ends(5:00 pm)
• Nov 4 – Last day to postmark/mail your ballot (or, return ballot in person to Board of Elections by 7:30 pm on Nov 5)
• Nov 5 – Election Day (6:30 am-7:30 pm). Photo ID required to vote in person.

 NOTICE: VOTE-BY MAIL BALLOT APPLICATIONS

The Ohio Secretary of State has mailed vote-by-mail applications to ALL registered voters for the upcoming Presidential General Election.

Make sure your registration is up to date,.

If you are a registered Ohio voter, and you want to vote by mail, you must fill out the application and return it to your county board of elections by 8:30 pm on October 29.

Options for returning the form are by mail, or by hand delivery to your county elections office, including the 24-hour Drop Box. Please scroll down for more information about the Drop Box.

On October 8, which is 29 days before Election Day on November 5, blank ballots will be mailed to people who applied for them. Voters who fill out and return their ballots can then track their status online at VoteOhio.gov/Track.

Keep in mind that if you request an absentee ballot, but then decide you instead want to vote in person on Election Day, you will be required to cast what’s called a provisional ballot. Provisional ballots aren’t counted on Election Night – elections workers take extra days to first ensure you aren’t voting twice.

However, if you request an absentee ballot application and then decide instead to vote early and in person at the board of elections, recent state elections policy has been to have elections workers nullify your outstanding vote-by mail ballot (each one has its own unique barcode) and let you cast your early in-person ballot.