Ohio surpasses 2 million absentee ballot requests

With five weeks to go until the election, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose announced that the state has received more than two million absentee ballot requests, more than double the amount requested at the same point during the 2016 election.

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In total, 2,000,489 ballot requests have been turned in. This includes 24,222 requests from military and overseas voters whose ballots were mailed beginning two weeks ago.

At this point leading up to the 2016 election, there were 957,260 absentee ballot requests.

All other absentee ballots will be mailed beginning Oct. 6.

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In the greater Dayton area, in order of most to least, each county’s total number of absentee ballots, according to the secretary of state’s office, is:

Montgomery County: 89,988
Butler County: 47,866
Warren County: 41,885
Clark County: 18,010
Miami County: 14,260
Preble County: 5,271
Darke County: 4,981

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Daniel Susco

Daniel Susco is a Dayton-area native and staff writer covering breaking news throughout the greater Dayton area. He holds a journalism degree from Ohio University and began writing for the Dayton Daily News, Hamilton Journal-News, Springfield News-Sun, and Dayton.com in 2019.