As of Friday, 728 people have voted in person at county board of elections
JEFFERSON — The Ashtabula County Board of Elections has been see some early voting before the special election Tuesday.
All county precincts will be open because of the state wide issue on the ballot, which would permit the continued issuance of bonds to fund to public infrastructure in Ohio, if passed.
According to the county board of election's website, 728 people have voted early in-person at the board of elections, as of Friday afternoon.
'Early voting has been slow, but steady,' Board of Elections Director John Mead said.
Mead said special elections after general elections are usually slower.
'It has picked up as we get close to election day,' he said.
Early voting will continue today from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sunday from 1-5 p.m. at the Board of Election's office at 8 W. Walnut Street in Jefferson.
Precincts will be open Tuesday from 6:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m.
Almost all county precincts will stay the same as the last election, the exception is Saybrook Township precincts 2, 4 and 8, which were moved to Lakeside Junior High School because of the Lakeside High School roof collapse.
Along with the state-wide issue, there are 11 levies, both county-wide and local. All candidates on the ballot are unopposed.
According to the board of election's website, 373 people have requested an absentee ballot by mail.
The deadline for requesting an absentee ballot has passed, Mead said.
'That deadline was the 28th of April,' he said.
Mead said absentee ballots need to be mailed by Monday in order to be accepted by the board of election's office.
The board of elections has sent out 214 absentee ballots to nursing homes, according to its website.
Mead said the board of elections reaches out to county nursing homes to accommodate seniors.
Most of those have come back by now, he said.
Mead said 14 people have come by the board of election's office to request an absentee ballot to take home and fill out.
The board of elections has sent out three UOCAVA emails that accommodate soldiers serving overseas.
There have also been three curbside votes collected.
Mead said these voters are in the board of election's parking lot, and cannot come into the building because of medical issues.
'We do everything to accommodate voters within [Ohio] Revised Code,' he said.
The board of election sends poll worker staff of each major party to work with them, Mead said.
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