Election Coverage

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State elections officials say so far, there are no problems with voting today.

Some utility workers dispatched to help repair communities damaged by the remnants of Hurricane Sandy may miss their chance to vote.

The in-person absentee voting period ended yesterday, with nearly 70-thousand people voting early in Franklin County.

Republican Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted is defending an order that places the responsibility of explaining what kind of identification voters use on provisional ballots on the voters themselves.

A federal judge is scheduled to hear a complaint today alleging electronic voting equipment used in some Ohio counties raises the possibility of ballots being altered after they are cast.

Ohio voters go to the polls today.

WCBE is your source for election coverage for November 6th! Stay tuned to 90.5FM for local coverage during our newscasts, as well as national updates during Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and The World, as well as NPR newscasts throughout the day. Also, staring at 8pm, we'll host NPR's live audio stream of election coverage on our website, along with their up-to-the minute blog starting at 6pm.

In one of the last polls of the campaign season, the election is too close to call. Ohio Poll director Eric Rademacher tells Alison Holm the numbers are close -- even closer than they were a week ago.

Early in-person voting centers across Ohio are reporting long lines. The centers will be open one last day before election day itself. In Franklin County, the center at 1700 Morse Rd. will be open until 2 p.m. today.

Elections officials in a western Ohio county say a ballot vendor is to blame for a pair of absentee ballot problems that affect more than 240 voters.

The close race for president in Ohio and nationally could boil down to how well each side has mobilized church-goers.