With just two weeks remaining until the May 6 primary election, poll workers across the state are preparing for the day.
he Lima Chapter of the NAACP has sworn in its new officers and outlined plans for its next two-year term.
According to one Allen County polling location, it's no typical Election Day. At First Baptist Church on Cable Road, there are three precincts with about 3,000 registered voters, and they are seeing a larger-than-normal turnout this morning. They saw 45 people lined up when the polls opened at 6:30 a.m. and have already surpassed the total number of voters they saw in the primary.
Unofficial results from the election are showing that more registered voters in Ohio cast their ballot in 2020 than any year prior. In a release from Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, over 5.8 million Ohioans voted in the election this year, breaking the previous record set in 2008.