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A Republican-backed bill that moves up when absentee ballots must be received by boards of elections passed the Ohio Senate on a mostly party line vote.

"Maybe you don't have a candidate that really speaks to you or that really, you know, makes your heart beat faster, but that doesn't mean that the issues that are important to you aren't represented in some way or another," said Charlie Stewart of Franklinton.

On a gloomy primary election day in central Ohio, predictions of low voter turnout seem to be holding true.

We will hear from candidates Kate Curry-Da-Souza, Jesse Vogel and Tiara Ross to help you prepare to vote in Tuesday's primary election.

The word ballot comes from the Italian word for ball, which is how we used to pick our leaders. We’d drop a ball or bean or eventually a piece of paper into a container.

In the midst of preparing for an election that’s a week away, Ohio’s Republican secretary of state is suing the US Department of Homeland Security to get access to databases he said will help Ohio find non-citizens who voted, which is illegal.

This year, the Republican National Committee and other conservative groups are working to recruit and train an “army” of thousands of volunteers to monitor the vote tallying process. What will this look like at the ballot box?

Ohio has some new rules on voter identification and more.

The levy estimator tool shows property owners their current values, the ballot measures they will vote on and how much their taxes could increase or decrease depending on if a measure passes or fails.

The Franklin County Board of Elections said Friday would be the hope for when the Ohio Supreme Court would rule on the ballot language lawsuit.