Good News: Ohio's Massive Turnout Ahead Of Abortion Vote

Early voting figures for the #Ohio Aug. 8 #special #election are surpassing even the most optimistic expectations.

Through seven days of early voting more than 116,000 Ohioans have shown up at their local board to cast a ballot. Another 38,000 have absentee ballots have made their way in as well.

As Secretary of State Frank LaRose noted in a press release, it represents a “#five-#fold #increase” in compared to last year’s August election.

For additional context, the sum total of early in-person votes cast in last year’s May primary election — which included a hotly contested GOP U.S. Senate primary — was only about 138,000. The current trajectory of early in-person votes is on track with or #even #surpassing the 2022 #general #election

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