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By Katie Byard/Beacon Journal online journalist
POSTED: 11:55 a.m. EST, Feb 27, 2008
Tuesday is primary Election Day, but voters already are casting their ballots.
More than 9,000 Summit County residents already have voted -- by absentee ballot.
That's about 60 percent more than the 5,596 absentee ballots cast in the 2004 presidential primary.
The U.S. Postal Service is expecting a record number of absentee ballots statewide and is recommending that ballots be mailed as soon as possible.
Summit County Elections Board Director Bryan Williams said this morning that he expects that by this year's primary Election Day the number of absentee ballots will soar to more than 18,000.
The main reason, he said, is a change in state law that allows ''no-fault'' absentee voting.
Applicants now do not have to give a reason for voting early.
Also, Williams speculated, ''the intensity of the primary'' is resulting in more absentee voting.
He was referring to the battle between presidential candidates Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama for Ohio delegates.
In Stark County, about 6,630 residents voted early, as of 1 p.m. today. That's up from the 4,189 absentee ballots counted in the 2004 presidential primary.
Mailed requests for absentee ballots must be received at county boards of elections offices by noon Saturday.
In Summit, request forms can be found on the board's Web site:
http://www.summitcountyboe.com .
Registered voters can request absentee ballots and vote in person at the Summit County Board of Elections from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. today, Thursday and Friday; from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday; and from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday.
Completed absentee ballots can be turned in at boards of elections offices on Election Day. They will not be accepted at polling places.
Tuesday is primary Election Day, but voters already are casting their ballots.
More than 9,000 Summit County residents already have voted -- by absentee ballot.
That's about 60 percent more than the 5,596 absentee ballots cast in the 2004 presidential primary.
The U.S. Postal Service is expecting a record number of absentee ballots statewide and is recommending that ballots be mailed as soon as possible.
Summit County Elections Board Director Bryan Williams said this morning that he expects that by this year's primary Election Day the number of absentee ballots will soar to more than 18,000.
The main reason, he said, is a change in state law that allows ''no-fault'' absentee voting.
Applicants now do not have to give a reason for voting early.
Also, Williams speculated, ''the intensity of the primary'' is resulting in more absentee voting.
He was referring to the battle between presidential candidates Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama for Ohio delegates.
In Stark County, about 6,630 residents voted early, as of 1 p.m. today. That's up from the 4,189 absentee ballots counted in the 2004 presidential primary.
Mailed requests for absentee ballots must be received at county boards of elections offices by noon Saturday.
In Summit, request forms can be found on the board's Web site:
http://www.summitcountyboe.com .
Registered voters can request absentee ballots and vote in person at the Summit County Board of Elections from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. today, Thursday and Friday; from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday; and from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday.
Completed absentee ballots can be turned in at boards of elections offices on Election Day. They will not be accepted at polling places.
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