Library: VOTE: Voter Information

Where Do I Vote?

Check your voting precinct and polling location on the Ohio Secretary of State website.

League of Women Voters of Ohio

The League of Women Voters is a non-partisan organization that educates voters about candidates and key issues. Learn more at their website: https://www.lwvohio.org/.

VOTE411 is suppported by the League of Women Voters Education Fund and is "a 'one-stop-shop' for election related information." Find out more at: https://www.vote411.org/.

Fact and Political Record/Issue Checking

FactCheck.org
Non-partisan, non-profit organization that "monitor[s] the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases."
Project Vote Smart
Access information on candidate voting records, where candidates stand on key issues, interest groups, and campaign finance.
OpenSecrets.org
Provides "comprehensive resource for federal campaign contributions, lobbying data and analysis."
Ballotpedia
"Ballotpedia is to inform people about politics by providing accurate and objective information about politics at all levels of government."

Reading Up on Elections

Why the Electoral College is Bad for America

On Account of Race : The Supreme Court, White Supremacy, and the Ravaging of African American Voting Rights

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Presidential Elections and Majority Rule Book Cover

Presidential Elections and Majority Rule The Rise, Demise, and Potential Restoration of the Jeffersonian Electoral College

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Dangerously Divided: How Race and Class Shape Winning and Losing in American Politics

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American Political Parties and Elections: A Very Short Introduction

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Important Dates for the 2024 Election

Oct 7, 2024: deadline to register to vote
Oct 8, 2024: early in-person voting begins, and absentee voting by mail begins
Oct 29, 2024: deadline for absentee ballot receipt by Boards of Elections
Nov 4, 2024: deadline to postmark mail ballot
Nov 5, 2024: election day

Ohio Voter Information

The Ohio Secretary of State's website gives you all kinds of information including info on overseas and military voting. In fact, the Second Call to Duty encourages Vets to serve again, this time in their own neighborhoods as precinct election officials.