Posted on 10/27/2008 5:21:11 PM PDT by Libloather
Almost 1.5 million Ohioans request absentee ballots
Posted by Reginald Fields/Plain Dealer Columbus
Bureau October 27, 2008 14:56PM
COLUMBUS -- Amid predictions that next week's election could draw among the highest voter turnouts in Ohio history, an unprecedented number of Ohioans have elected to vote absentee.
Nearly 1.5 million voters through Oct. 24 requested an absentee ballot either in person or by mail, according to the Ohio Secretary of State's Office. Voters can still request an absentee ballot from their county board of elections through Saturday and must postmark their ballots by Monday, Nov. 3 or the ballots can be dropped off at the elections office.
"Every day people from across Ohio are expressing their confidence in our bipartisan election system by taking part in the absentee voting process," Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner said in a statement. "We will continue to prepare for anticipated 80 percent voter turnout, ensuring a successful November general election."
In all, there were 1,234,996 requests by mail and 221,368 in person, according to Brunner's office.
Cuyahoga County led in the request of absentee ballots by mail, with more than 228,000 followed by Franklin with just over 208,000 requests. Brunner has predicted nearly 6.5 million Ohioans - about 80 percent of the state's registered voters - will vote in this year's presidential election and that one-third of those ballots could be absentee.
That's a lot of chads.
I find this a little scary...ACORN factor?
A lot of fraud more like it
That’s a lot of acorns.
Maybe get a tufer?? Vote by mail and then a second time in person??
**That’s a lot of chads.**
Is that CHADS, or ...
COW PATTIES!!
ping
We anticipated just a little less, but not much. By the time you figure that not all who request, vote, we’ll be about at our target.
I am trying to keep yup with the importance of all these swing states, but can someone show us a scenario that has McCain winning without Ohio?
That is what I was thinking. Looks like ACORN has been busy in Cleveland.
This is going to help us, right?
Turn out should be between 55 to 60%. Looks like fraud here.
What keeps people who own homes in multiple states from voting in each state, other than ones integrity?
I just mailed mine today.
I wonder how many people will show up on election day to be told they’ve “already voted”?
What percentage of the absentee’s are “D” or “R” ???
Hey LS,
How’s it shakin out up there? Really love hearing from you, you seem to have your ear to the ground and have a sense about Ohio. I really appreciate your freepmail to me the other day explaining what the “win” meant in regards to your pos sos. Very encouraging, and I do appreciate you.
On the surface it looks like voter fraud.
How many of those absentee ballots are from newly registered voters, never seen by an election worker, no identification ever presented?
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