Through seven days of early voting more than 116,000 Ohioans have shown up at their local board to cast a ballot for Ohio's Aug. 8 special election.
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For additional context, the sum total of early in-person votes cast in last year’s May primary election — which included a hotly contested GOP U.S. Senate primary — was only about 138,000. The current trajectory of early in-person votes is on track with or even surpassing the 2022 general election. Through nine days of early voting, roughly 136,000 voters cast a ballot for last November’s election. That’s only about 20,000 more than the votes compiled so far in seven days.
The measure got the required votes in the Statehouse to make the ballot without a single Democrat’s support. Many of the proposal’s backers — though not all — were animated by an attempt to thwart a potential abortion rights amendment in November. Meanwhile, Issue 1’s opponents include a vast array of state and local organizations as well as current and former politicians from both sides of the aisle.One Person One Vote spokesman Dennis Willard said they’re “encouraged” by the early vote totals.
She emphasized how unprecedented it is to put a constitutional amendment before voters in a special election. Notably, right-wing Illinois billionaire Richard Uihlein has put more than $1 million behind the yes campaign.Digging into the county level turnout figures, both sides can find reasons for optimism. Reliably blue counties like Franklin, Hamilton and Cuyahoga have seen the biggest turn out thus far. Lucas, Lorain, Summit and Montgomery counties, all of which went for Democrat Tim Ryan in last year’s Senate race, made the top ten.
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