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Dayton Daily News Updated 11:40 PM Monday, November 2, 2009

Polls open: 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Where to vote

Cast your ballot at the polling place designated to serve the precinct in which you reside. If you don’t know where you’re assigned to vote, check the Web site of your county board of elections or check by phone.

What’s on the ballot?

State issues

Issue 1: Whether to authorize the state to issue bonds to pay bonuses to veterans of the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan and Iraq wars.

Issue 2: Whether to allow the state to create the Ohio livestock care standards board, to establish and implement standards of care for livestock and poultry in Ohio.

Issue 3: Whether to allow the state to put casinos in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus and Toledo.

Levies

Miami Valley voters will decide more than 60 tax levies for the Dayton Metro Library, Five Rivers MetroParks and more than 10 school districts. School districts asking for additional money include Xenia, Trotwood, Sidney, Eaton and Cedar Cliff.

Beavercreek, Jefferson Twp., Springfield and Piqua school districts are asking voters to renew existing levies. Many other communities have levies on the ballot for fire, police, EMS, roads and other services.

Contested races

Voters in Dayton, Xenia, Fairborn, Clayton, Piqua, and West Milton have races for mayor. In Dayton, Mayor Rhine McLin is running for a third term against Southeast Priority Board President Gary Leitzell.

Eligibility

You are qualified to vote if you meet these requirements:

You are a citizen of the United States.

You will be at least 18 years old on or before Nov. 3.

You will have been a resident of Ohio for at least 30 days before the election.

You have registered to vote at least 30 days before the election. (The last day to register for the Nov. 3 election was Oct. 5.)

ID requirements

Voters will need to provide identification to vote. Acceptable ID may include:

A government photo ID (Ohio driver’s license or state ID showing either your current address or your former address, as long as the ID has not expired;

A military ID that shows your name and current address;

A copy of a current utility bill;

A bank statement; a government check; a paycheck; or

Other government document that shows your name and current address.

You cannot use the voter registration notification card received from the Board of Elections as ID.

Photo ID issued by a private company, organization or college will NOT be accepted. Your photo ID must be government-issued.

The name shown on your ID must conform to the name in the poll book.

The address shown must be your current address and conform to the address in the poll book, with the exception of a driver’s license or state ID that shows a former address, IF the license or state ID had not expired.

Weather

Look for partly sunny skies with temperatures ranging from the upper 40s to 30s.

Have election news to share?

If you have any tips, witness problems at the polls, etc. call the Dayton Daily News at (937) 225-2212 or send an e-mail to localnews@DaytonDailyNews.com.

County Boards of Election

Butler County: 1802 Princeton Road, Suite 600, Hamilton, 45011, (513) 887-3700.  www.butlercountyelections.org

Champaign County: 1512 S.  U.S. 68, Suite L100, Urbana, 43078, (937) 484-1575. www.electionsonthe.net/oh/champaign/

Clark County: 3130 E. Main St., Springfield, 45502, (937) 521-2120. www.electionsonthe.net/oh/clark/

Darke County: 300 Garst Ave. Greenville, 45331, (937) 548-1835. www.electionsonthe.net  /oh/darke/

Greene County: 651 Dayton-Xenia Road, Xenia, 45385, (937) 562-7470.  www.co.greene.oh.us/BOE/

Miami County: 215 W. Main St., Troy, 45373, (937) 440-3900.  www.miamicountyelections.org

Montgomery County: 451 W. Third St., Dayton, 45422, (937) 225-5656.  www.mcboe.org

Preble County: 101 E. Main St., Eaton, 45320, (937) 456-8117. www.electionsonthe.net/oh/preble/

Shelby County: 129 E. Court St., Sidney, 45365, (937) 498-7207.  co.shelby.oh.us/ElectionsBoard/

Warren County: 406 Justice Drive, Lebanon, 45036, (937) 695-1358. www.co.warren.oh.us/bdelec/index.asp

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