Election 2016: Columbus records over 280,000 early votes

Over 280,000 registered voters have either voted in-person or returned their mailed absentee ballots in Columbus, Ohio as early vote ends today in the 2016 U. S. Presidential Election. 

With 74,951 in-person votes by Saturday, November 5 and the returned mailed absentee ballots of 206,443, the Franklin County early vote center has recorded 281,394 ballots of the 839,358 registered voters in Columbus, Ohio.

The number of early voters which surpassed that of 2012 Presidential Election represents 33.52 percent of registered voters.

A breakdown of voters and the returned mailed absentee ballots made available to TheNewAmericans shows that the Unaffiliated have returned 93,000 of 110,149; Green Party returned 205 of 232; Libertarian returned 110 of 125; Republican returned 50,058 of 54,888 and Democrat returned 63,070 of 66,131.

Party	Requested	Mailed	Returned	Good
Democrat	66,159	66,131	63,070	68,325
Green	232	232	205	201
Libertarian	125	125	110	110
Republican	54,922	54,888	50,058	49,634
Unaffiliated	110,346	110,149	93,000	89,912
TOTAL	231,784	231,525	206,443	202,182

As the Early Vote center closes today all polling stations in Columbus will open on Tuesday, November 8.