Election Coverage

The U.S. Supreme Court sides with Democrats in refusing to block early voting in Ohio. The court today refused a Republican request to get involved in a dispute over early voting in the state on the three days before Election Day. 

Look at this map, and notice that deep, deep in the Republican South, there's a thin blue band stretching from the Carolinas through Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. These are the counties that went for Obama in the last election. A blue crescent in a sea of red.

No Republican has ever been elected president without carrying Ohio, so it's no wonder both major party candidates keep campaigning here.

An enthusiastic crowd braved chilly temperatures last night in Cuyahoga Falls to hear Mitt Romney promote his plan for fiscal austerity.

Ohio’s top elections chief is asking the nation’s highest court to overrule last week’s federal appeals court ruling on early, in person weekend voting.

Political campaigns and community organizers are making their final push to register people to vote today, the last day of registration.

President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney are scheduled to speak in Ohio this evening.

A liberal policy group says it has filed a second complaint with the Federal Election commission over the political activities of an eastern Ohio mining company.

Throughout the presidential campaign, analysts have said the black vote will be crucial to an Obama re-election. After the 2010 midterms, as the country began to turn its attention to 2012, some questioned whether Mr. Obama acted in the best interests of African Americans - and whether he has perhaps taken their vote for granted. For Ohio Public Radio. WCPN's Bill Rice reports.