October 1, 2024 • 10 mins
Cindy Price and Brian Blair from the Marion County, Ohio, Board of Elections joined to show to go over everything you need to know to vote in the November 2024 General Election!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Joining me in studio today. I've got Cindy and Brian
from the Marion County Board of Elections. Guys, thank you
so much for being here.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Welcome, thanks for having us, Thank you atell you.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
We've got a lot to talk about because there are
so many changes and so many different things that are
happening when it comes to elections here locally and of
course statewide and across the entire country that folks.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Need to be aware of.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
So this is why we're going to spend a little
bit of time and talk about some of those things.
And Cindy and Brian, let's get started first of all
by talking about some of the changes that people are
going to see when they go to vote and part
of the election process here this year.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
So since the last presidential election, we have changed not
all of our poly locations, but we have made some changes.
So just make sure that if you're going to go
on election day that you know where your pulling location is.
We no longer have Veterans Coliseum as a pulling location,
and we no longer have Knights of Columbus as a
polling location. We have added Heritage Church on Mary Williamsport,
(00:57):
Hayes Elementary which is on Silver Street, and Harding High
School which is out on three toh nine Harding Highway East.
And then we've also added the wreck which is the
the Irish called it the Old Harding Freshman Roads behind
city Hall. They're located on Church Street. And then we
have some other changes.
Speaker 4 (01:19):
Yeah, so the ID requirements have changed since the last
presidential election. You are required to have a unexpired photo ID,
which will be a driver's license, a state ID, a
US passport, your Interim ID, the US Passport card, a
US Military ID or Ohio National Guard ID, or the
(01:43):
US Department of Veteran Affairs i D. Those are the
only acceptable forms of ID for this election.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
And not only do you have to have them, they
have to be current unexpired.
Speaker 4 (01:53):
Absolutely, they cannot be expired.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
Yeah, that's obviously a big thing, and that's a lot
of changes. And Cindy, we were talking a little bit
and said, you know, we've gone from six polling locations
to eight polling locations, trying to kind of go back
to one in your neighborhood.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
Right, Yeah, we're trying to go back to the hometown feel.
We made some smaller polling locations, so that was the
reason going from eight to six, and we also six
all r I'm sorry, from six to eight. And we
also then the directions that we put them, so we
have them like north, south, east, West, we have some
bigger polling locations, we have some in town. So we're
pretty excited about that change. It's actually been very beneficial
(02:27):
for our voters.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
And the best thing for them to do if they
are questioning where to vote is to call you, guys.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
Chrest, we can call us, or they can also go
to our website and Brian's going to be giving you
the website here.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
Okay, okay, So that's cool. Good to know.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
So if you're confused, make sure that you look those
guys up. So let's talk a little bit about the
ballot because it is extensive and bigger than we've seen
in a long time.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
Four pages. Kind of an into a little bit about that.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
Yep, it's four pages, so it's two pages double sided,
and so it's going to cost a little bit more
to mail that back. So we do have the drop
box at the edge of the County Building parking lot.
So ballots will start going out on October eighth, and
then if you do not want to mail it back,
you can personally bring it into our office or you
can put in the drop box which is at the
edge of the parking lot. But yes, please turn this
pages over and you have to if you're mailing it
(03:13):
back or bringing it back in, you have to make
sure you're bringing both pages back. So it's two pages,
but each page is double sided, right.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
And if you want that mail in ballot, you have
to request it. Talk a little bit about that a little.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
Bit, So you're gonna have to request the apps. You
have to fill out an absentee ballot application and you
have to file that in our office so we're able
to send you a ballot. So you have until October.
I'm just thinking about the deadline because it's changed. It's
now seven days before the election.
Speaker 4 (03:38):
October twenty ninth would be the deadline for an absentee
ballot application request.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
So that has to be in our office by the
close of business on October twenty ninth. And once we
have that and all that information is correct and matches
your voter registration, then we can mail you an absentee ballots.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Well, I know my wife and I received a letter
from the Secretary of State about a month or so ago.
And it was because she said to me, she goes, well,
I guess we're registered to vote, okay, because we got
this letter. And I said, yeah, that's a good point.
Is that true or is that just you know, did
we just get lucky? You know?
Speaker 3 (04:09):
So the Secretary State's office did send out absentee ballot
applications also to registered voters, so they can go ahead
and complete those. But you also can call our office
and request one if you don't have.
Speaker 4 (04:19):
That one anymore.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
Absolutely, so that's good to have and good to know.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
So we do have some deadlines, and I know we
began to talk about those a little bit. So the
deadlines began in just a couple of days talk about
some of the deadlines that we have to be aware
of between now and the election.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
So the first deadline is October seventh, where our office
is open until nine pm, and that is the voter
registration deadline. You have to be registered by nine o'clock.
We have to have your voter registration in our office
by nine o'clock. We will do the drop box at
nine o'clock and obviously you can walk into our office
up until nine pm.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
Okay, Okay, good to know.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
And then so you need to do that, and then
we turn around and we begin with the early voting
like the next day, right.
Speaker 4 (04:57):
Yeah, starting at eight am on October eighth, our early
voting will take place in the County Building in the
lower level in the atrium. So that is a little
bit of a change from the last presidential We were
over at the rec Center at the last presidential We
will actually now be at the County Building, so the
same place that the BMV is located, just in the
(05:17):
back of the You've come in the back of the
County Building and go down to the lower level in
the atrium.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
And what's nice about that is you're going to have
some extremely convenient hours, and those change during the entire
month of being.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
Able to vote.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
That way, right, that's a change every couple weeks, don't Yeah.
Speaker 4 (05:35):
It does. So October eighth through the eleventh is from
eight am until five pm. October fourteenth through the eighteenth
is eight am to five pm. Hours start extending on
the twenty first of October through the twenty fifth from
eight am until six pm. We have two Saturdays and
two Sundays that we're going to be open prior to
the for the early voting, so on October twenty sixth
(05:56):
from eight to four on that Saturday, October twenty seventh,
from one to five on that Sunday, and then from
seven thirty am until seven thirty pm on October twenty eighth.
That deadline for the last day to request your absentee
ballot application is the twenty ninth. We do have extended
hours from seven thirty am until eight thirty pm, so
(06:18):
if you want to come in and drop off an
absentee ballot application or you can actually vote early until
eight thirty pm that night. October thirtieth through November first
be seven thirty a m. Till seven thirty pm. November
two from eight to four, which is a Saturday, and
then the final day for early voting will be from
one to five on November third. There is no longer
any voting on Monday before the election. That has a
(06:41):
changed since the last presidential okay okay.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
And then of course you can vote on election day
at one of the six polling places that would eight yes, see,
there we go, we vote did the eight polling places
that we have that are assigned to you and where
you live and all of that stuff, which is so very,
very import so many changes. It's I think one of
(07:03):
the biggest change is the fact that you guys now
have to have so many people helping you at the
Board of Elections because there's so much need for people
to work the elections, whether they're working early or on
election day. You've got a lot and I'm going to
assume that you'll probably need more.
Speaker 3 (07:22):
Right well, we have currently we have enough precinct election officials. However,
some people are backing out a little bit each day.
We're getting some phone calls. So we do have a
list for Republicans, Democrats, and Independence, So please call her
office if that's something that you're interested in, because we
are creating back up list in case somebody would not
be able to work on election day. One thing I
(07:44):
wanted to go back and touch on a little bit
with the absentee ballot applications, because everybody has received those.
If you're a register voter, you have received those from
the Secretary of State's office, or if you've called her
office and had one sent to you. We just want
to remind people that if you fill out that absentee
ballot application and you go to vote on election day
even if you have not returned that ballot. If you
(08:04):
go to vote on election day, you will be required
to vote a provisional ballot.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
Yep, that is a that is a thing.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
So realize that there is a consequence to you sending
that bag, dropping that off, whatever you end up doing. So, wow,
that is a lot. I don't know how you guys
keep all that going because it changes. It seems like
it changes all the time, doesn't It's a job.
Speaker 3 (08:24):
It's a job, that's for sure. That's a job. So
we always want to encourage people to call our office.
You call our office at seven four zero two two
three four zero nine zero. And then the other option
is to look at our website. We already have our
sample ballots on the website, so if you want to
look at those long, lengthy ballots before you get to
get yours in the mail, you can look at our
website and Brian will give you our website Ondrus.
Speaker 4 (08:45):
Yeah, our website is at BOE dot Ohio dot gov,
Ford slash Marion, or you can google Marion County Board
of Elections, Ohio. I do stress Ohio because there are
many many mayors in counties throughout the United States. So
if you put Marion County Board of Elections, Ohio, you'll
(09:06):
be able to our website will be the first one
that pops up.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
Yeah, yeah, absolutely, Well I've done that a number of times,
so I get that that's important no matter where you're
listening to whatever, make sure that you're that you're checking
those things out and that you have those going. And
I know you guys are also planning something coming up
first to the year for folks that might want to
be a candidate for public office. Guys talk a little
bit about that.
Speaker 3 (09:30):
So we offer a Canadi's class once a year. It's
usually in January. This next year is going to be
on January fifteenth on It's a Wednesday, January fifteenth, from
one to three in the prospect Room at the County Building.
We'd like for you to register by January thirteenth at
four pm, but we will go over how to complete
a petition, how to file it in our office.
Speaker 4 (09:50):
Campaign finance, Yeah, campaign finance is very important. If you're
going to run for office, you definitely want to make
sure that you know which forums you're supposed to fill out,
picking out your designational treasurer, wisely to make sure that
that person understands what the requirements are of that position.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
Yeah, those are some very very important things and that's
good to know when that's coming up. So a lot
to get into now. If you're hearing this on the air,
realize that this is going to be on the Marry
Now podcast channel, you can get this information there as well.
Just go to the iHeart app and look for Mary
and Now and it'll come right up. You can share that,
you can do whatever you want to with it to
(10:30):
get this information out to somebody who may need it.
If you're hearing it on the air, if you're listening
on the podcast, thank you so much for joining us
with that, and realize that if you hit followed when
we have more of this type of information, you'll get
a notification right there on your phone. Cindy and Brian,
thank you guys so much for coming in so much
information but all very important and just really good content.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
Thank you guys.
Speaker 3 (10:52):
Absolutely, get out and vote.
Speaker 2 (10:53):
Appreciate it so much.
Speaker 1 (10:55):
Make sure you go see these guys, get yourself signed
up and vote.
Joining me in studio today. I've got Cindy and Brian
from the Marion County Board of Elections. Guys, thank you
so much for being here.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Welcome, thanks for having us, Thank you atell you.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
We've got a lot to talk about because there are
so many changes and so many different things that are
happening when it comes to elections here locally and of
course statewide and across the entire country that folks.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Need to be aware of.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
So this is why we're going to spend a little
bit of time and talk about some of those things.
And Cindy and Brian, let's get started first of all
by talking about some of the changes that people are
going to see when they go to vote and part
of the election process here this year.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
So since the last presidential election, we have changed not
all of our poly locations, but we have made some changes.
So just make sure that if you're going to go
on election day that you know where your pulling location is.
We no longer have Veterans Coliseum as a pulling location,
and we no longer have Knights of Columbus as a
polling location. We have added Heritage Church on Mary Williamsport,
(00:57):
Hayes Elementary which is on Silver Street, and Harding High
School which is out on three toh nine Harding Highway East.
And then we've also added the wreck which is the
the Irish called it the Old Harding Freshman Roads behind
city Hall. They're located on Church Street. And then we
have some other changes.
Speaker 4 (01:19):
Yeah, so the ID requirements have changed since the last
presidential election. You are required to have a unexpired photo ID,
which will be a driver's license, a state ID, a
US passport, your Interim ID, the US Passport card, a
US Military ID or Ohio National Guard ID, or the
(01:43):
US Department of Veteran Affairs i D. Those are the
only acceptable forms of ID for this election.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
And not only do you have to have them, they
have to be current unexpired.
Speaker 4 (01:53):
Absolutely, they cannot be expired.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
Yeah, that's obviously a big thing, and that's a lot
of changes. And Cindy, we were talking a little bit
and said, you know, we've gone from six polling locations
to eight polling locations, trying to kind of go back
to one in your neighborhood.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
Right, Yeah, we're trying to go back to the hometown feel.
We made some smaller polling locations, so that was the
reason going from eight to six, and we also six
all r I'm sorry, from six to eight. And we
also then the directions that we put them, so we
have them like north, south, east, West, we have some
bigger polling locations, we have some in town. So we're
pretty excited about that change. It's actually been very beneficial
(02:27):
for our voters.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
And the best thing for them to do if they
are questioning where to vote is to call you, guys.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
Chrest, we can call us, or they can also go
to our website and Brian's going to be giving you
the website here.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
Okay, okay, So that's cool. Good to know.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
So if you're confused, make sure that you look those
guys up. So let's talk a little bit about the
ballot because it is extensive and bigger than we've seen
in a long time.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
Four pages. Kind of an into a little bit about that.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
Yep, it's four pages, so it's two pages double sided,
and so it's going to cost a little bit more
to mail that back. So we do have the drop
box at the edge of the County Building parking lot.
So ballots will start going out on October eighth, and
then if you do not want to mail it back,
you can personally bring it into our office or you
can put in the drop box which is at the
edge of the parking lot. But yes, please turn this
pages over and you have to if you're mailing it
(03:13):
back or bringing it back in, you have to make
sure you're bringing both pages back. So it's two pages,
but each page is double sided, right.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
And if you want that mail in ballot, you have
to request it. Talk a little bit about that a little.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
Bit, So you're gonna have to request the apps. You
have to fill out an absentee ballot application and you
have to file that in our office so we're able
to send you a ballot. So you have until October.
I'm just thinking about the deadline because it's changed. It's
now seven days before the election.
Speaker 4 (03:38):
October twenty ninth would be the deadline for an absentee
ballot application request.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
So that has to be in our office by the
close of business on October twenty ninth. And once we
have that and all that information is correct and matches
your voter registration, then we can mail you an absentee ballots.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Well, I know my wife and I received a letter
from the Secretary of State about a month or so ago.
And it was because she said to me, she goes, well,
I guess we're registered to vote, okay, because we got
this letter. And I said, yeah, that's a good point.
Is that true or is that just you know, did
we just get lucky? You know?
Speaker 3 (04:09):
So the Secretary State's office did send out absentee ballot
applications also to registered voters, so they can go ahead
and complete those. But you also can call our office
and request one if you don't have.
Speaker 4 (04:19):
That one anymore.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
Absolutely, so that's good to have and good to know.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
So we do have some deadlines, and I know we
began to talk about those a little bit. So the
deadlines began in just a couple of days talk about
some of the deadlines that we have to be aware
of between now and the election.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
So the first deadline is October seventh, where our office
is open until nine pm, and that is the voter
registration deadline. You have to be registered by nine o'clock.
We have to have your voter registration in our office
by nine o'clock. We will do the drop box at
nine o'clock and obviously you can walk into our office
up until nine pm.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
Okay, Okay, good to know.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
And then so you need to do that, and then
we turn around and we begin with the early voting
like the next day, right.
Speaker 4 (04:57):
Yeah, starting at eight am on October eighth, our early
voting will take place in the County Building in the
lower level in the atrium. So that is a little
bit of a change from the last presidential We were
over at the rec Center at the last presidential We
will actually now be at the County Building, so the
same place that the BMV is located, just in the
(05:17):
back of the You've come in the back of the
County Building and go down to the lower level in
the atrium.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
And what's nice about that is you're going to have
some extremely convenient hours, and those change during the entire
month of being.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
Able to vote.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
That way, right, that's a change every couple weeks, don't Yeah.
Speaker 4 (05:35):
It does. So October eighth through the eleventh is from
eight am until five pm. October fourteenth through the eighteenth
is eight am to five pm. Hours start extending on
the twenty first of October through the twenty fifth from
eight am until six pm. We have two Saturdays and
two Sundays that we're going to be open prior to
the for the early voting, so on October twenty sixth
(05:56):
from eight to four on that Saturday, October twenty seventh,
from one to five on that Sunday, and then from
seven thirty am until seven thirty pm on October twenty eighth.
That deadline for the last day to request your absentee
ballot application is the twenty ninth. We do have extended
hours from seven thirty am until eight thirty pm, so
(06:18):
if you want to come in and drop off an
absentee ballot application or you can actually vote early until
eight thirty pm that night. October thirtieth through November first
be seven thirty a m. Till seven thirty pm. November
two from eight to four, which is a Saturday, and
then the final day for early voting will be from
one to five on November third. There is no longer
any voting on Monday before the election. That has a
(06:41):
changed since the last presidential okay okay.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
And then of course you can vote on election day
at one of the six polling places that would eight yes, see,
there we go, we vote did the eight polling places
that we have that are assigned to you and where
you live and all of that stuff, which is so very,
very import so many changes. It's I think one of
(07:03):
the biggest change is the fact that you guys now
have to have so many people helping you at the
Board of Elections because there's so much need for people
to work the elections, whether they're working early or on
election day. You've got a lot and I'm going to
assume that you'll probably need more.
Speaker 3 (07:22):
Right well, we have currently we have enough precinct election officials. However,
some people are backing out a little bit each day.
We're getting some phone calls. So we do have a
list for Republicans, Democrats, and Independence, So please call her
office if that's something that you're interested in, because we
are creating back up list in case somebody would not
be able to work on election day. One thing I
(07:44):
wanted to go back and touch on a little bit
with the absentee ballot applications, because everybody has received those.
If you're a register voter, you have received those from
the Secretary of State's office, or if you've called her
office and had one sent to you. We just want
to remind people that if you fill out that absentee
ballot application and you go to vote on election day
even if you have not returned that ballot. If you
(08:04):
go to vote on election day, you will be required
to vote a provisional ballot.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
Yep, that is a that is a thing.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
So realize that there is a consequence to you sending
that bag, dropping that off, whatever you end up doing. So, wow,
that is a lot. I don't know how you guys
keep all that going because it changes. It seems like
it changes all the time, doesn't It's a job.
Speaker 3 (08:24):
It's a job, that's for sure. That's a job. So
we always want to encourage people to call our office.
You call our office at seven four zero two two
three four zero nine zero. And then the other option
is to look at our website. We already have our
sample ballots on the website, so if you want to
look at those long, lengthy ballots before you get to
get yours in the mail, you can look at our
website and Brian will give you our website Ondrus.
Speaker 4 (08:45):
Yeah, our website is at BOE dot Ohio dot gov,
Ford slash Marion, or you can google Marion County Board
of Elections, Ohio. I do stress Ohio because there are
many many mayors in counties throughout the United States. So
if you put Marion County Board of Elections, Ohio, you'll
(09:06):
be able to our website will be the first one
that pops up.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
Yeah, yeah, absolutely, Well I've done that a number of times,
so I get that that's important no matter where you're
listening to whatever, make sure that you're that you're checking
those things out and that you have those going. And
I know you guys are also planning something coming up
first to the year for folks that might want to
be a candidate for public office. Guys talk a little
bit about that.
Speaker 3 (09:30):
So we offer a Canadi's class once a year. It's
usually in January. This next year is going to be
on January fifteenth on It's a Wednesday, January fifteenth, from
one to three in the prospect Room at the County Building.
We'd like for you to register by January thirteenth at
four pm, but we will go over how to complete
a petition, how to file it in our office.
Speaker 4 (09:50):
Campaign finance, Yeah, campaign finance is very important. If you're
going to run for office, you definitely want to make
sure that you know which forums you're supposed to fill out,
picking out your designational treasurer, wisely to make sure that
that person understands what the requirements are of that position.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
Yeah, those are some very very important things and that's
good to know when that's coming up. So a lot
to get into now. If you're hearing this on the air,
realize that this is going to be on the Marry
Now podcast channel, you can get this information there as well.
Just go to the iHeart app and look for Mary
and Now and it'll come right up. You can share that,
you can do whatever you want to with it to
(10:30):
get this information out to somebody who may need it.
If you're hearing it on the air, if you're listening
on the podcast, thank you so much for joining us
with that, and realize that if you hit followed when
we have more of this type of information, you'll get
a notification right there on your phone. Cindy and Brian,
thank you guys so much for coming in so much
information but all very important and just really good content.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
Thank you guys.
Speaker 3 (10:52):
Absolutely, get out and vote.
Speaker 2 (10:53):
Appreciate it so much.
Speaker 1 (10:55):
Make sure you go see these guys, get yourself signed
up and vote.
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