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“Today, more than 60,000 Americans have died from a deadly virus Donald Trump ignored. With the economy in shambles, more than 26 million Americans are out of work — the worst economy in decades.” Click here for the video.

IF you have requested an absentee ballot, and IF your request was processed by the BOE, but you didn’t receive your ballot yet, you may be able to vote. Check the status of your request at: https://lookup.boe.ohio.gov/vtrapp/greene/avlookup.aspx to make sure that your request was processed.   See last paragraph for an explanation of why the BOE may have been unable to process your request.

 If you receive your ballot by Monday, you can fill it out and put it in the mail but it MUST be post marked NLT Monday, April 27. Your other option is to hand deliver it to the secure box at your board of elections (Greene County BOE is at 551 Ledbetter Rd., Xenia). 

If you receive your ballot on Tuesday, you can fill it out and hand-deliver it to the Greene County Board of Elections. There is a secure box there.  Cutoff time is 7:30 PM Tuesday, April 28.

If you don’t receive your ballot in time despite your request being processed, you can vote a provisional ballot, along with disabled and homeless voters, at your BOE on Tuesday, April 28, cutoff time is 7:30 PM.

If you requested an absentee ballot, but your request was NOT processed, you cannot vote a provisional ballot.  This might happen if your request was not completed correctly or completely.  The BOE will try to contact you using the contact information you provided on the application (phone number and/or email address).  If they could not reach you, they could not resolve the issue so your request was not processed.  Bottom line here: don’t wait until the last minute for the next election.

Please stop calling your local board of elections because the staff is working like crazy to process your request for ballots, to get your ballots out, process the incoming ballots & time spent on the phone is delaying them from getting your requests processed. 

All voting in the 2020 Primary Election is by mail and you must request an absentee ballot in order to vote.
They must be postmarked by April 17 – time is running out!

If you need an absentee ballot application and you cannot print your own, please call us at 937-376-3386 and leave your name and phone number so that we can get one to you.

If you have a printer, you can print a request from the BOE website (https://www.co.greene.oh.us/…/Application-for-Absentee-Ball…) and then complete and sign the form or write a letter which includes:
1. Name
2. Address
3. Address to send the ballot to if different from home address
4. Birth date
5. Ohio driver’s license number or the last four digits of your Social Security Number
6. Election for which you are requesting a ballot – Use March 17, 2020 2020 or Primary 2020
7. Party affiliation – Democratic, Republican or Issues Only
8. A statement that you are a qualified voter
9. Signature of voter
10. While not required a telephone number or email address is helpful if we need to contact you.
You may also call the BOE and request that an absentee application may be mailed to them at 937 562-6170. Please note that printing your own request or writing a letter will be quicker. Requests for absentee ballots may be received until noon on April 25, 2020. You may mail your request to the Greene County Board of Elections at 551 Ledbetter Road, Xenia, OH 45385 or you may drop off applications in the ballot box outside the office at the same address. Voted ballots must be postmarked by April 27, 2020 or may be dropped off in the ballot box outside our office until 7:30 PM on April 28, 2020. There will be no in-person voting at the polls for this election.

Voting for the Ohio Primary Election has been extended through April 28 and will be conducted through mailed-in absentee ballots.

Click here to fill out and print your Absentee Ballot request form.

Here is what you need to know about voting: (thanks to Tyler Buchanan of the Ohio Capital Journal)

• Ohioans will have to request an absentee ballot from their respective counties’ boards of elections office.
• The request form is available online. Voters can print and fill it out, then send it to their elections office. Or they can request the application form be mailed to them to be mailed back.
• Once Ohioans are approved as an absentee voter, they will receive their blank ballot in the mail. 
• The filled-out ballot can be mailed back or dropped off to their board of elections office. It must be postmarked by April 27 to count. 
• You can find contact and mailing information for the 88 county boards of elections offices here. 

Our Headquarters is closed until further notice. All meetings are cancelled until further notice. Stay home and be safe!

” Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced late Monday that polls will be closed on Tuesday for the presidential primary election, citing a “health emergency” tied to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. ” Link

At this time, it looks like the primary election will not be held tomorrow. Please check the news before you head to the polls tomorrow.