Ohio absentee ballot returns steady after deadline change - Signal Cleveland

Ohio absentee ballot returns steady after deadline change - Signal Cleveland

A new election law gives Ohio voters less time to return their absentee ballots. Early data shows return rates remained steady, even as some ballots were rejected under the tighter deadline.  Ahead of the primary election last week, Ohio voters requested 157,637 mail ballots and returned 141,913 of them, a return rate of 90% according to data published by the Ohio Secretary of State’s Office. That compares to a 91.5% return rate for the 2022 pri…