{"id":171800,"date":"2023-10-25T03:47:26","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T08:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=171800"},"modified":"2023-10-25T03:47:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T08:47:59","slug":"henderson-early-voting-brisk-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2023\/10\/25\/henderson-early-voting-brisk-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"Henderson: early voting brisk so far"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong>independent editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It appears a lot of people are voting ahead of this year\u2019s November 7 general election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pam Henderson, Director of the Van Wert County Board of Elections, said 925 registered voters have cast early in-person ballots as of Monday. She also said 238 ballots have been mailed out and 103 of those have been returned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Over 900 early in-person ballots have been cast so far. VW independent file photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere has been a steady flow of voters coming in, averaging 100 per day, and also requesting ballots by mail,\u201d Henderson said. \u201cState issues are a big draw for this election as well as candidate races for this November election.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also noted August election early voting was 2,063, with 4,955 ballots cast on Election Day, and 329 via mail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe anticipate a larger turnout than the August election which was 37 percent,\u201d Henderson said. \u201cNovember, 2019 there was only 28 percent voter turnout.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Along with State Issues 1 and 2, there are a handful of local issues, plus the mayor\u2019s race in Van Wert, as well as council, school board and township trustee races throughout the county.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Henderson reminded voters that next week is the final week for early in-person voting, and extended hours will be offered as mandated by Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose. Next weeks hours will be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

  • Monday, October 30, 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. <\/li>
  • Tuesday, October 31, 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. <\/li>
  • Wednesday, November 1, 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.<\/li>
  • Thursday, November 2, 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. <\/li>
  • Friday, November 3, 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. <\/li>
  • Saturday, November 4, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. <\/li>
  • Sunday, November 5, 1-5 p.m.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    There will be no early in-person voting on Monday, November 6. The polls will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The Van Wert County Board of Elections Office is located at 1362 E. Ervin Road, Van Wert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent editor It appears a lot of people are voting ahead of this year\u2019s November 7 general election. Pam Henderson, Director of the Van Wert County Board of Elections, said 925 registered voters have cast early in-person ballots as of Monday. She also said 238 ballots have been mailed out and 103 of those […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-171800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-02 07:45:24","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171800"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171808,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171800\/revisions\/171808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}