COLUMBUS, Ohio — Millions of voters across the country have cast their ballots and numbers will soon be trickling in for this year’s presidential candidates, Republican candidate Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Kamala Harris.
In the last two presidential elections, Trump won the state of Ohio. Before 2020, no candidate had been elected president without carrying Ohio since 1960.
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No Republican has ever been elected without winning Ohio. Democrats have won the presidency without winning Ohio only eight times — one of those being Joe Biden in 2020.
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Trump and Harris have been traveling across the country campaigning for the last few months in an attempt to gain support and win the presidential vote.
In Harris’ campaign, she has taken the approach of exciting and organizing the diverse Democratic base, especially younger generations, nonwhite voters and women, while convincing moderate Republicans who dislike Trump that they should be comfortable with her in the Oval Office, some policy disagreements notwithstanding. That’s the same formula Biden used in defeating Trump four years ago, flipping traditionally GOP-leaning states like Arizona and Georgia and narrowing the gap in North Carolina.
Trump, meanwhile, appears to bet that his path back to the White House depends mostly on his core supporters, plus enough new support from working- and middle-class voters drawn to his promises of tax breaks.
The two candidates debated each other in September, you can read highlights from the debate here.
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What time will Ohio election results come in?
Expect to see the first results shortly after 7:30 p.m. Absentee ballots are the first votes counted, according to the Secretary of State's office.
WHEN DO POLLS IN OHIO OPEN & CLOSE?
Polls in Ohio on Election Day are open between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Where is my polling place?
Voters can find their polling location here: ohiosos.gov/elections/voters/toolkit/polling-location/
OHIO VOTER ID REQUIREMENTS
Valid types of photo identification include:
Ohio driver's license
State of Ohio ID card
Interim ID form issued by the Ohio BMV
US passport
US passport card
US military ID card
Ohio National Guard ID card
US Department of Veterans Affairs ID card
All photo IDs must have an expiration date that has not passed.
What if you forget your ID on Election Day? You will still be able to vote using a provisional ballot. For that ballot to be counted, you must return to the board of elections no later than four days following Election Day to provide a qualifying form of identification.
Ohio law prohibits acceptance of the following forms of ID:
Out-of-state driver’s license or photo ID
Social Security card
Birth certificate
Insurance card
Utility bill
Bank statement
Government check
Paycheck
Other government document
Any registration acknowledgment notice from the county board of elections