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FRANKLIN | Delaware | Fairfield | Licking | Madison | Pickaway | Union Directory of all Boards of Elections Rides to the polls: COTA busses are free today. Try calling your local party headquarters |
The President is NOT up for election today.
Ohio's presidential primary is on March 17, 2020. The presidential election is on November 3, 2020.
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CANDIDATES/ISSUES |
SECURITY |
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I am not in the poll book, but I should be / improperly removed |
How can I learn more about candidates & issues? Judicial Candidate Information Judicial Candidate - Political Party Info |
What is the No Campaigning area? What are the flags for? Someone was acting inappropriately or trying to intimidate
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BALLOT ISSUES |
LEVIES, BONDS, AND MILLS |
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Issue 10: Renewal tax levy for Franklin County Children Services board |
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ABOUT THE LEAGUE |
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6:30 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. Anyone in line to vote at 7:30 p.m. is permitted to vote. |
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Example: 200 E. 7th Street FRANKLIN | Delaware | Fairfield | Licking | Madison | Pickaway | Union Directory of all Boards of Elections Note: The process differs on different counties' websites. Check "Boards of Elections Cheat Sheet" in your training materials. |
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Note: The process differs on different counties' websites. Check "Boards of Elections Cheat Sheet" in your training materials. FRANKLIN | Delaware | Fairfield | Licking | Madison | Pickaway | Union |
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I am not in the poll book, but I should be / improperly removed |
Are you in the correct polling place? If so, vote a provisional ballot today. Tomorrow, contact the Board of Elections and talk to them about it. If not, go to your correct polling place and vote there. A provisional ballot will not count if you're not in the right polling place. Anyone who wants to vote a provisional ballot must be permitted to do so. Under an agreement between the American Civil Liberties Union and the A. Philip Randolph Institute of Ohio — two groups that sued over Ohio's law in 2016 — and the secretary of state's office, voters in Ohio who have been purged can still cast a provisional ballot at their polling place through 2022. |
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Acceptable IDs:
NOT acceptable IDs:
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Within Ohio: Always vote at the polling place for your new/current address. If you were registered in Ohio and moved, either within the county or to a different county, and if you re-registered at your new address by October 8, you vote a regular ballot at your new precinct. If you moved within your same voting location (e.g., from one apartment to another within the same building) and your ID is good, vote a regular ballot but fill out a change of address form. If you moved to a new precinct but did NOT re-register at your new address, you will vote a provisional ballot at your new precinct. You will also be given a change of address form, so you'll be all set for next time. This includes students at Ohio colleges who are registered to vote in Ohio. If the student is registered but did not request an absentee ballot to vote at home, he or she can vote a provisional ballot at their new polling place and fill out a change of address form. This will change their permanent address to their address at school. If the student moves next year, s/he will need to update their voter registration again.
Moved from a different state? You must have registered to vote in Ohio by the deadline to vote here (30 days prior to the election). |
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If you have changed your name, but forgot to update your voter registration, you can vote a regular ballot this time, but ONLY IF you bring in legal proof of your name change (such as a marriage license or court order), as well as another form of ID that shows your current address. The election official will help you fill out a "change of name" form, and you'll be all set for the next election. If you don't bring legal documentation, you'll vote a provisional ballot. If you also moved to a different address, see instructions above, under MOVED. You will have to vote a provisional ballot, even if you moved within the same precinct, because you also changed your name. |
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The deadline to request an absentee ballot was Saturday at noon. If you already have applied for an absentee ballot, your voted ballot must be received by your Board of Elections before 7:30 tonight. It is too late to mail it. (Must be postmarked the day before the election.) Take your ballot to the Board office, NOT to a polling place. The Franklin County Board of Elections is at 1700 Morse Road, just east of Karl Road. This is where early voting has taken place for the last several years. Before that, it was a Kohl's store. If you requested an absentee ballot but did not receive it or did not return it, you may vote a provisional ballot at your polling place. It will be counted if the Board has not received your voted absentee ballot. |
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You can track the progress of your absentee ballot. On election day, use the Menu at the top to select My Registration. Fill that out, click login, and the caller's absentee ballot tracking appears at the bottom of the page. Note: The process differs on different counties' websites. Check "Boards of Elections Cheat Sheet" in your training materials. FRANKLIN | Delaware | Fairfield | Licking | Madison | Pickaway | Union |
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Yes. They are the first ballots counted after the polls close at 7:30. In fact, when you hear news reports with projections of the results soon after the polls close with "zero precincts reporting," it is the early and absentee ballots that are being reported. Absentee ballots that arrive after Election Day (postmarked the day before the election) and authenticated provisional ballots are counted and included in the final vote tally that is announced 10 days after the election. |
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There is a Provisional Voter Hotline (614-525-6455) that voters can use. Provisional ballots are paper ballots a person may be required to use to vote – instead of getting to vote on the machines – if there is some question about the voter's identity. The main reasons you'd have to vote provisionally are:
A provisional ballot has all the candidates and issues that you would vote if you were using the machines. There is also identification information that the voter MUST fill out completely and sign. Once the Board of Elections processes the information provided, and it knows that you are registered and in the right polling place, the vote is counted. This is one of the reasons why election results are not official until 10 days after an election. If a provisional voter has no ID and refuses to add the last 4 digits of their SS number to the required paperwork, they have 7 days to bring a good ID to the Board of Elections. Otherwise their provisional ballot can not be counted. |
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Anybody who doesn't want to vote on the machines can request a paper regular ballot instead. If the lines are too long, or if there is a problem with the machines, voters must be reminded that they can vote on paper ballots. The difference between paper and provisional ballots is that paper ballots go directly into the secure box of voted ballots that get counted right away. Provisional ballots are set aside until the voter's eligibility can be confirmed. |
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Felons can vote in Ohio, if they are no longer in prison and are registered to vote. An otherwise qualified person convicted of a felony may register and vote while on probation or parole or after completing his or her prison sentence. |
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Many people mistakenly believe they lose their right to vote while they are detained in jail or while they are awaiting trial. Anyone who is a resident of Ohio, not detained for a felony and meets other eligibility requirements can vote. This includes the thousands of Ohio residents currently detained in one of 72 county jails and who have not yet been convicted of a felony. Call the ACLU of Ohio for assistance: (216) 472-2200. |
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It's too late to register to vote in today's election. But, yes, you can register online on the Ohio Secretary of State's website: https://olvr.sos.state.oh.us/ You may vote in the next election so long as you register not less than 30 days prior to that election. |
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Any voter may have help in voting, if they want it, from two poll workers of different parties OR from a person of the voter's choice, except their employer or labor union officer. If the voter's assistant/s physically touch the screen or the paper (i.e., they don't just talk to the voter) then the assistant/s must sign a form saying that they helped to the best of their ability and that they will not disclose how the voter voted. Voting machines have adaptations so voters with disabilities can vote a secret ballot. Voting machines also have an audible ballot option for people with visual impairments. (The poll workers will explain how to use the machine). Curbside voting allows a voter who is unable to access to polling location to vote a paper ballot from his or her vehicle. The voter has the driver or another person go into the polling place and alert the poll workers that they need to vote curbside. Two pollworkers, one from each major part, will come out and work with the voter. |
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COTA is free on Election Day to assist people in getting to the polls: https://www.cota.com/trip-planner Also try: Franklin County Ds: 614-221-6563 Franklin County Rs: 614-224-3939 |
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The voter must be hospitalized or have a minor child who is hospitalized. The procedure is complicated: The voter fills out and signs a Hospitalized Absentee Ballot Request Form (available from hospital social workers or by calling the Board of Elections). The form must be received by the Board of Elections by 3 p.m. on Election Day. The Board will send 2 poll workers (D and R) to the hospital to assist the voter. The poll workers deliver the voted ballots to the Board of Elections, where they will be counted, even if they arrive after the polls have closed. Or the voter can ask the Board to give your unmarked ballot to a designated family member who will deliver it to the voter in the hospital and return it to the Board of Elections. |
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In this general election, voters will be electing the following:
There are no statewide ballot issues this time. Franklin County has a renewal levy in support of Franklin County Children |
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Sample ballots can be found on Board of Elections web sites, once a polling place has been found. Many BofE also have an "interactive" sample ballot, which allows people to mark their choices online and print out their choices. The League's www.Vote411.org also allows people to make selections on line and text or email themselves their choices. Neither of these casts an actual vote. There is no on-line voting in Ohio. FRANKLIN | Delaware | Fairfield | Licking | Madison | Pickaway | Union |
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Type in your address to see your races and ballot issues. Making selections on Vote411 is NOT VOTING. There is no way to vote via computer or phone in Ohio. |
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Additional information may be available on Judicial Votes Count, a new website from the League of Women Voters and its partners. It has good information about judicial offices and candidates. www.judicialvotescount.org, then click on "Who's Running for Judge?" |
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Issue 10: Renewal tax levy for Franklin County Children Services board |
Issue 10, if approved will renew a 3.1 mill property tax levy providing funds for Franklin County Children Services (FCCS) League Explanation The proposed 10-year renewal of the levy does not increase property taxes for homeowners, but continues support for FCCS at its current level which amounts to $85 per $100,000 of valuation. Defeat of this levy would decrease operating revenue by 42% and require a reduction in services provided by FCCS. Serving more than 30,000 children and their families annually, FCCS is mandated by Ohio Revised Code to investigate any allegation of child abuse or neglect. FCCS also provides protective services, helps parents resolve family problems by referring them to community based programs, and places children in temporary foster care, with relatives, in residential care, or in permanent adoptive homes when necessary. Arguments Made in Support of Issue 10
Arguments Made in Opposition to Issue 10
(The League has no position on Issue 10.) |
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A ballot issue with a levy is a request for funds to be raised immediately by taxing the value of property. In FranklinCounty, levies are used to provide funds for schools, COTA, Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging, Franklin County Children Services, Franklin County Board of Developmental Disabilities, etc. Levies are expressed in "mills," or the percentage of property value to be taxed. A ballot issue with a bond issue is a request for permission to essentially take out a loan to pay for capital improvements (buildings, roads, other infrastructure, etc.). The money is received up front from the sale of bonds to investors and paid back by the taxpayers, with interest, over time. Although bonds end up costing more, they also spread out the costs to people in the future who will be the users of the new school or bridge. Ballot issues are expressed in the total dollar amount to be borrowed. |
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Millage is a way to express property tax rates. A mill is equal to 1/1000th of a dollar. The taxable value of property in Ohio is 35% of the value as appraised by the county auditor. So, if you see a ballot issue asking for a 2 mill levy, and your house is worth $100,000 (according to the county auditor, not your realtor), the tax being asked for is: $100,000 (value of your house) x .35 (to find the taxable value) x .002 (which is 2 one-thousandths of a dollar) = $70 per year. Some counties have slick calculators where you look by school district or plug in your address: Franklin Co.: http://apps.franklincountyauditor.com/LevyEstimator Delaware Co: http://delaware-auditor-ohio.manatron.com/TaxEstimatorSite.aspx |
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New levies are just that: a new property tax. A renewal levy means that the tax you owe for this levy will remain the same, even if your property value has increased since the last time this levy was enacted. A replacement levy may sound the same, but it will almost always cost more. Many times, a replacement levy will ask for a higher levy amount. However, even if it asks for the exact same millage as the expiring levy it replaces, it will likely cost more because it will be based on the (almost always) increased value of your property since the last time the levy was enacted. So, a ballot issue that renews a 2 mill levy from the year 2010, when your home was worth $100,000, will cost pretty much the same as it did in the year 2010, even if your house is now worth $200,000. If the agency asks for a 2 mill replacement levy, it will cost more because it is based on your property now being worth $200,000. |
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No. It's against the law to take a picture of your ballot. This is to ward against someone intimidating/paying a voter to vote a certain way and demanding proof of that vote. |
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What is the No Campaigning area? What are the flags for?
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No electioneering/campaigning is allowed within 100 feet of the voting location. Flags are typically placed outside the voting location at the 100-foot mark. Electioneering includes distributing campaign literature and wearing/displaying political t-shirts, hats, buttons. It also includes discussions of a political nature in the polling location. More details can be found in poll worker manual on page 48. |
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Official observers (those allowed inside the polling places) must be registered Ohio voters and certified by a party and must take an oath agreeing to abide by the rules. State rules bar “impeding, interfering with, or disrupting the election in some manner” or “intimidating, harassing, or attempting to influence voters or precinct election officials.” The regulations stress: “Observers may not serve as enforcers of the laws nor act as advocates for voters before the precinct election officials.” Observers may not challenge a person's right to vote. A voter may be challenged only by a precinct election official or the voting location manager and only for certain reasons. More details can be found in poll worker manual on page 45. |
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1) Speak to the poll worker called the Voting Location Manager or Presiding Judge 2) Call your county sheriff |
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The League of Women Voters is nonpartisan. We never support or oppose political parties or candidates. We do take positions on some issues, after our members have studied and come to consensus on them. |
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Yes! The League is open to all men and women. You can join online at www.lwvcols.org. Or give us your name, phone number, street address, and email, and someone will contact you soon. |
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FRANKLIN COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS 1700 Morse Road, just east of Karl Road 614-525-3100 614-466-2585 (Elections Division) PROVISIONAL VOTER HOTLINE (614-525-6455) LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS 614-837-1089 Columbus LWVMC 614-469-1505 LWVOhio CHANNEL 10 PHONE BANK 614-469-10TV (614-469-1088) Or toll free at 1-855-746-10TV
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