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2007 OHIO VOTER INFORMATION GUIDE

For individual candidates information, visit Smart Voter at: http://www.smartvoter.org

Primary Election is Tuesday, May 8, 2007.
Polls are open 6:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m.
Registration Closes: April 9, 2007 for the May 8 Primary Election.

Special Election may be Held on August 7, 2007
Polls are open 6:30 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Registration Closes July 9, 2007 for the Special Election.


General Election is Tuesday, November 6, 2007.
Polls are open 6:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m.
Registration Closes: October 9, 2007 for the November 6 General Election.

Mailed in registration forms sent to a county Board of Elections or the Secretary of State's office must be postmarked 30 days before an election to be valid for the election.

Deadlines for Applying for an Absentee Ballot in 2007

  • Your written request for an absentee ballot must be received at the Board of Elections by 12 Noon Saturday, May 4 for the May 8, 2007 Primary Election.
  • Your written request for an absentee ballot must be received at the Board of Elections by 12 Noon Saturday, November 3 for the November 6, 2006 General Election.

Absentee Ballot Applications:

  • Voters in Hamilton County can access an absentee ballot request form online at: http://www.hamilton-co.org/BOE
    Click on "Absentee Voting" in sidebar. The form is in pdf format.
  • Voters in Butler County can access an absentee ballot request form online at http://www.butlercountyelections.org/
    Click on "Voter Information" in sidebar. The form is in pdf format.
  • Voters in Clermont County can access an absentee ballot request form online at http://www.clermontelections.org/
    Click on "Absentee/Armed Forces" in sidebar. The form is in pdf format.
  • Voters in Warren County can access an absentee ballot request form online at http://www.co.warren.oh.us/bdelec/index.htm
    Click on "Absent Voter Information" in sidebar. The form is in pdf format.

In case of medical emergencies: The absentee ballot request deadline is 3 p.m. on election day. To be eligible under this provision, you must be confined in a hospital because of a medical emergency that occurred not more than 6 days before the election. A close relative may deliver and return your ballot if you so request and state the relative's name and relationship on the application, or representatives of the board of elections can be requested to deliver the ballot.

To be counted, voted absentee ballots must be received at the board of elections by 7:30 p.m. on election day. Voters should request an absentee ballot as early as possible in order to meet the return deadline. Exception: Ballots mailed from outside the country will be counted if received by the board up to 10 days after election day, if post-marked by election day.

IN 2007 HAMILTON COUNTY VOTERS WILL ELECT
City of Cincinnati City Council
City of Cincinnati School Board
Hamilton County Municipal Court Judges
Suburban Cities Candidates and Issues
Suburban Schools
Village Candidates and Issues
Township Candidates and Issues

BOARDS OF ELECTION FOR THE GREATER CINCINNATI AREA

Hamilton County Board of Elections
http://www.hamilton-co.org/BOE
824 Broadway
Cincinnati, OH 45202-1345
Office Hours 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (Monday thru Friday) Call for Saturday hours.
Phone: (513) 632-7000
Fax: (513) 579-0988

Butler County Board of Elections
http://www.butlercountyelections.org/
315 High Street, 10th Floor - Government Services Bldg.
Hamilton, OH 45011
Office Hours 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (Monday through Friday)
Phone: (513) 887-3700 or in the Middletown area (513) 424-0469
Fax: (513) 887-5535
E-mail: davisla@butlercountyohio.org

Clermont County Board of Elections
http://www.clermontelections.org/
76 S. Riverside Dr.
Batavia, OH 45103
Office Hours 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (Monday thru Friday)
Phone: (513) 732-7275
Fax: (513) 732-7330
E-mail: dbare@co.clermont.oh.us

Warren County Board of Elections
http://www.co.warren.oh.us/bdelec/index.htm
406 Justice Drive, Room 323
Lebanon, OH 45036
Office Hours 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (Monday thru Friday)
Phone: (513) 695-1358
Fax: (513) 695-2953
E-mail: johnsr@co.warren.oh.us

February 2007

League of Women Voters of the Cincinnati Area
103 William Howard Taft Road, Cincinnati OH 45219
phone (513) 281-8683, fax (513) 281-8714
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