Where do I vote? Click here to find out or for a reminder if you forgot.

  Can I vote even if I have to work on election day? YES! If you are worried that you won’t be able to get to the polls before they close, you can vote absentee and it will be counted if you mail it on time. 

 How do I apply for an absentee ballot? You need to apply for an absentee ballot, but you do not need a reason. Click here for an absentee ballot application. You just have to make sure that your application is accurate and is returned to your County’s Board of Elections by noon on November 1^st, three days before election day. The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections is at the corner of 30^th and Euclid ; parking is available on 30^th; applications go to the 3^rd floor. For a complete list of Ohio counties’ Board of Election’s addresses, click here.

  Have you moved recently? You can definitely still vote! You will need to complete a registration form because it has a section that will change your address in the computer system. You will receive a card in the mail at your new address once the change has been made in the system. If you can’t get the form done before election day or if you don’t get a card in the mail before election day, you can still vote! The Elections officer might ask you to fill out a provisional ballot and provide proof of your change of address later.

  What will my ballot look like? Most ballots in Ohio will look like this one.

If you want to see exactly the ballot you will see on election day (with all the local information), click here.

 Where can I find information on the issues that will be on the ballot?

 Register for the first time (the deadline to vote in the 2008 election has passed, but you can register today for future elections).

  Do I have to bring ID on election day? It will make things a LOT easier. If you do not have an ID, you will still be able to vote, but you will have complete a provisional ballot and then prove residence later.

  What kind of ID should I bring on election day?  

A current and valid photo ID or military ID; or a copy of a current (within the last 12 months) utility bill (including cell phone bill), bank statement, government check, paycheck, or other government document, other than a notification mailed by the board of elections, that shows the voter’s name and current address (including from a public college or university). Voters who do not provide one of these documents at the polling place will still be able to vote a provisional ballot as described earlier in this guide, and may provide such identification to the board of elections within the 10 days following Election Day. Voters who do not have any of the above forms of identification, including a Social Security number, will still be able to vote by signing an affirmation statement swearing to the voter's identity under penalty of election falsification and by casting a provisional ballot. (Please click here for additional information on provisional voting.)

 How can college students vote? Students can EITHER vote absentee from their home addresses OR fill out a change of address form and vote from their college addresses. Once a student changes his/her address to his/her college address, it will stay that way until the student moves back and completes another form. Regardless, students (like everybody else) can only vote once per election.

 What about Stephanie Tubbs-Jones’ Congre ssi onal Seat, and Fannie Lewis’s and Nina Turner’s Council Seats?

 There will be a separate special election on November 18^th to vote for a new Congre ssi onal Representative for the 11^th Congre ssi onal District, the position previously held by the late Mrs. Stephanie Tubbs-Jones, and a new councilperson for Cleveland ’s 7^th ward, the position previously held by the late Ms. Fannie Lewis. To vote in these elections, please make sure you are registered by 9 p.m. on October 20^th. On the same November 18^th ballot, you can also vote in a primary election for Cleveland ’s 1^st Ward Councilperson, previously held by Ms. Nina Turner who is becoming an Ohio State Senator. The final general election for the 1^st Ward Seat will then be on December 23^rd, 2008.

I have a question that is not answered here. Click here for the Ohio Secretary of State’s page or here for Cuyahoga County’s Board of Elections page; if you still can’t find the answer you are looking for, please call Mr. Monahan at (216) 881-1689, ext. 332.

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