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It’s On: Early Voting Is Underway and the Dems’ Bus Rolls In
Sojourner’s Truth Staff
Early Voting started in
Ohio on October 10, 2018 and hundreds of voters went early
to the Lucas County Early Polling site, at 1301 Monroe
Street, and then celebrated the opening of the season
outside the polls. Lending their voices to the celebration
were Democratic candidates who rolled into town on the
“People First” campaign bus.
The Movement was there –
Tina Butts’ organization, the local arm of the Ohio
Democratic Party, focused on driving up the local minority
vote – playing music and making sure that volunteers were
signed up to help get people to the polls.
Arriving on the bus were
statewide candidates – Zack Space for Auditor and Rob
Richardson for Treasurer – accompanied by U.S. Congresswoman
Marcy Kaptur and J. Michael Galbraith, candidate for U.S.
Congressional District 05 seat – currently held by
Republican Bob Latta.
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Also arriving were Jeanine
Donaldson, candidate for the Ohio Board of Education;
Lindsay Webb, Lucas County Treasurer; Gary Byers, candidate
for Lucas County Commissioner, Joe McNamara, candidate for
judge; Paula Hicks-Hudson, candidate for Ohio House seat
District 44, Teresa Fedor, candidate for Ohio Senate
District 11 and Ohio Democratic Party Chairman David Pepper,
who served as the master of ceremonies for the speeches that
followed the arrival.
The early voting center
was busy all day as early birds took advantage of the
opportunity to get their voices heard on Day One. As is her
custom, Councilwoman Yvonne Harper was the first to vote on
Day One. She arrived at the polling site at about 5:30 a.m.
and waited for the doors to open.
Early voting continues
until Election Day. The schedule is 8:00 am to 5:00 pm,
Monday through Friday, from October 10 to October 26; 8:00
am to 7:00 pm Monday through Friday, October 29 to November
2; 8:00 am to 4:00 pm Saturday, October 27 and November 3; 1
to 4 pm, Sunday November 4 and 8:am to 2 pm, Monday,
November 5.
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