Election 2016: Voters return 133,653 absentee ballots in Columbus

With 8days to go in the November 8, 2016 Presidential Election, total of 133,653 absentee ballots have been returned to the Franklin County Board of Election, Columbus, Ohio out of the 191,782 since the beginning of Early Vote on October 12.

This reflects about 70 percent of the absentee ballots requested for by political parties’ members and the unaffiliated.

Also, 39, 331 in person votes have been recorded as at Saturday, October 29, 2016.

The combined ballots cast and returned now stand at 172, 948 of 843,261 registered voters in Columbus, Ohio.

This represents about 21percent of the eligible voters.

A breakdown of voters and returned absentee ballots made available to TheNewAmericans shows that the Unaffiliated have returned 55,068 of the 88,636; Green Party returned 140 of 205; Libertarian returned 73 of 112; Republican returned 34,181 of 49,313 and Democrat returned 44,191 of 55,516.

 

Voting at the Morse Road, Columbus, Ohio Early Vote center will now be every day, including Saturday and Sunday, till Tuesday, November 8.