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FIERY POLITICAL ADS,
DEBATES, AND NON-STOP
CAMPAIGNING-- IT ALL COMES
DOWN TO TODAY, AND YOUR VOTE.
THIS ELECTION IS FINALLY DOWN
TO THE WIRE-- WITH RECORD
NUMBERS SET FOR EARLY VOTING
HERE IN OHIO. AS OF
YESTERDAY, NEARLY ONE POINT
EIGHT MILLION OHIOANS HAD
ALREADY CAST THEIR BALLOTS
SECRETARY OF STATE, JOHN
HUSTED SAYS MORE VOTERS HAVE
CAST ABSENTEE BALLOTS IN THIS
ELECTION, THAN ANY OTHER.
AND THOUSANDS FLOCKED TO THE
MONTGOMERY COUNTY BOARD OF
ELECTIONS DOWNTOWN TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF EARLY VOTING.
ORMER BOARD OF ELECTIONS
MEMBER DENNIS LIEBERMAN, WHO
WAS FIRED FOR DEFYING
SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN
HUSTED'S DIRECTIVE TO
ELIMINATE EARLY VOTING ON THE
WEEKENDS-- SAYS HIS FIRING WAS
WORTH IT.
I THINK WHEN WE ARE ALL SAID
AND DONE AND WE'VE COUNTED UP
THE EARLY VOTING AND THE
ABSENTEE MAIL-INS THAT WE WILL
COME CLOSE TO 80 THOUSAND
BALLOTS WHICH WILL EXCEED 2008
BY ALMOST 30 THOUSAND.
BEFORE YOU HEAD TO YOUR
POLLING LOCATION-- YOU WILL
NEED TO PROVIDE PROPER I-D TO
CAST A BALLOT. MOST COMMON
IS A DRIVER'S LICENSE, BUT YOU
CAN USE ANY OF THE ITEMS ON
THIS LIST. IF YOU DON'T HAVE
I-D, SHOW UP AT THE WRONG
PRECINCT, OR IF YOU REQUESTED
AN ABSENTEE BALLOT BUT CHOSE
TO VOTE IN PERSON, YOU'LL HAVE
TO USE A PROVISIONAL BALLOT.
BESIDES THE PRESIDENTIAL
RACE, MANY EYES ARE ALSO
WATCHING WHO WILL WIN THE
SENATE RACE. INCUMBENT
DEMOCRATIC SENATOR SHERROD
BROWN AND REPUBLICAN
CHALLENGER JOSH MANDEL FACED
OFF IN THREE CONTENTIOUS
DEBATES. THE TWO SPARRED
OVER MANUFACTURING JOBS,
ABORTION AND THE AUTO INDUSTRY
BAILOUT.
MEANWHILE...THE RACE FOR
THE 10TH CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT... PITS A POLITICAL
NEWCOMER AGAINST A SEASONED
LAWMAKER. 3RD DISTRICT
REPRESENTATIVE MIKE TURNER IS
A DAYTON PUBLIC SCHOOL GRAD,
FORMER MAYOR, AND HAS A MBA
FROM U-D. DEMOCRAT SHAREN
NEUHARDT IS A GRADUATE OF
DAYTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND A
GREENE COUNTY.
NOW TO THE RACE FOR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMISSION.
DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT JUDY
DODGE HAS BEEN IN OFFICE SINCE
2006. THE FORMER COUNTY
RECORDER IS A GRADUATE OF
WRIGHT STATE. HER RUPUBLICAN
CHALLENGER IS DAVE VORE THE
FORMER SHERIFF IS A GRADUATE
OF C-J AND BOWLING GREEN.
AND DEMOCRAT DEBBIE LIEBERMAN
IS VYING FOR A THIRD TERM.
THE FORMER CLAYTON COUNCIL
MEMBER ALSO HOLDS A LAW DEGREE
FROM U-D. SHE IS CHALLENGED
BY REPUBLICAN ASHLEY WEBB.
WEBB, A KETTERING COUNCILMAN,
AND LIEUTENANT COLONEL IN THE
OHIO NATIONAL GUARD, HAS AN
M-B-A FROM WRIGHT STATE.
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