{"id":211213,"date":"2026-10-14T20:37:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T01:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=211213"},"modified":"2026-10-14T20:37:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T01:37:31","slug":"larose-releases-early-voting-figures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/10\/14\/larose-releases-early-voting-figures\/","title":{"rendered":"LaRose releases early voting figures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent staff\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>COLUMBUS \u2013 Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose has released the latest early voting numbers for the November 3 General Election, as reported daily by Ohio&#8217;s 88 county boards of elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The latest statewide totals as of Tuesday, October 13, include:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"217\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/cri-ohio-outline-flag-voted.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-171558\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Early in-person ballots cast: 235,887<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Absentee ballots returned: 74,883<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Total early votes cast: 320,770<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Secretary of State&#8217;s Office also showed that as of midday Wednesday, 950 voters in Van Wert County had cast early in-person ballots at the Van Wert County Board of Elections Office. Another 893 mail-in ballots were requested by mail, and 98 were returned. A list of local issues and races can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/10\/05\/early-in-person-voting-starts-locally-throughout-ohio\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Ohioans are making their voting plans and casting their ballots, and our bipartisan election officials are ready to serve them,&#8221; LaRose said. &#8220;Whether voting early in person, by mail, or on Election Day, voters can have confidence that Ohio is prepared to deliver another secure and accessible election.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ohioans can follow voting trends throughout the election through the Secretary of State&#8217;s Absentee and Early Voting Dashboard, available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohiosos.gov\/data\"><u>OhioSoS.gov\/Data<\/u><\/a>. The interactive dashboard allows voters, journalists, and researchers to explore statewide and county-level election data throughout the early voting period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to statewide data, users can dig deeper by easily accessing individual county data, demographic information, and more by clicking on the interactive map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Early in-person voting continues through Sunday, November 1. Voters who have requested an absentee ballot are encouraged to return it promptly. All regular absentee ballots must be received by the voter&#8217;s county board of elections no later than 7:30 p.m. on Election Day, November 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For early voting hours, absentee ballot information, and other election resources, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohiosos.gov\/elections\"><u>VoteOhio.gov<\/u><\/a>.<br>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent staff\/submitted information COLUMBUS \u2013 Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose has released the latest early voting numbers for the November 3 General Election, as reported daily by Ohio&#8217;s 88 county boards of elections. The latest statewide totals as of Tuesday, October 13, include: The Secretary of State&#8217;s Office also showed that as of [&hellip;]<\/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-211213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-22 16:03:13","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\/211213","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=211213"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":211230,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211213\/revisions\/211230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}