Around 850,000 Ohioans have cast their ballots so far in absentee and early voting

COLUMBUS, OHIO (WLIO) - After two weeks of early voting, around 850,000 Ohioans have cast their votes in the November 5^th general election. 

According to the Secretary of State’s Absentee and Early Voting Dashboard, there have been around 500,000 people who have voted in-person at their board of elections and 349,000 absentee ballots have been returned of the over one million requested statewide. Voting turnouts for presidential election years are usually higher than other general election years.  If you want to vote early, you can still do so until November 3rd.   

The hours for the week of October 21^st to October 27^th:

• 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on each weekday (Monday through Friday)

• 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday

• 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday

The hours for week of October 28^th to November 3^rd:

•  7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. (Monday)

•  7:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. (Tuesday)

•  7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. (Wednesday through Friday)

• 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Saturday)

• 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Sunday)