Local and County elections are coming up and people should plan to vote! Local elections touch our lives in ways up close and personal and are in some ways more important than national elections for that reason and also in a smaller pool we have a bigger splash.
Major issues this time around include the election of Cleveland Heights City Council members, CH-UH School Board Members (remember Milikin!?), hotly contested mayoral and council elections in Beachwood, as well as several significant tax levies including Issue 81 providing for a $135 million dollar levy to support CH-UH public schools building renovation to the tune of an additional $200 annually per $100k home value, as well as levies for the Metroparks and Cuyahoga Health and Human Services.
- 10/01/2013 Opening of Vote by Mail (Absentee) voting
- 10/07/2013 Close of Registration (For new or recently moved persons)
- 11/02/2013 12:00 noon – Deadline for applications by mail for an absentee ballot to be mailed (no guarantee of receipt of ballot so do this as soon as you can)
- 11/04/2013 Voting in person at the Board of Elections ends
- 11/04/2013 All Vote by Mail / Absentee ballots mailed anywhere in the U.S. must be postmarked
on or before this date and received at the Board of Elections on or before 11/15/2013 in order to be counted. - 11/05/2013 All overseas Vote by Mail ballots must be signed and submitted for mailing by 12:01 AM EDT
on or before this date and received on or before 11/15/2013 in order to be counted. - 11/05/2013 6:30 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. – Election Day – Provisional voting at the Board of Elections
- 11/05/2013 All Vote by Mail / Absentee ballots returned in person must be received at the Board of
Elections by 7:30 p.m. in order to be counted.
Learn more at the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections.
Look for community voter recommendations soon from those who typically make suggestions but as always suggestions and opinions from other community members are always welcome.
Shannon Road Resident says
As has been said before, it cannot be understated the importance of voting in elections, no matter whom the vote is cast for. Politicians will only listen to citizens when they see an opportunity of gaining their vote in the next election. On a personal level, it has been years since I have voted in person – downloading and filling out an absentee form takes only a minute or two, in addition to another two minutes to mail the form. With important issues on the ballot in this election, and as the issues are competitive, every vote will count, can anyone say they don’t need to vote?
Yitzchok Raiz says
That is a great resource. Here is a link which will hopefully lead to the Cleveland Heights voter guide. There you can learn all about each candidate for city council before casting your important vote.
http://vote.cleveland.com/index.do?i=0
PC says
Here is a link to obtain a copy of the absentee ballot REGISTRATION (form to ask for a ballot). Print it out and mail it:
http://boe.cuyahogacounty.us/en-US/votebymailapplication.aspx
Allen Wilkinson says
A close to home candidates voters guide is at:
http://chuh.net/lwv/vguide/vg.php
Published by the League of Women Voters.