Cincinnati Votes Tuesday: Polls 6:30 to 7:30, Unexpired Photo ID, Your Assigned Location
Ohio runs Election Day on a 13-hour clock. Hamilton County voters vote at their assigned polling place, bring an unexpired photo ID — and decide a governor's race, a Senate special election and Issue 3.
Election Day in Cincinnati is Tuesday, Nov. 3, and Ohio's polls run from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. — one of the longer voting days in the country. Any voter in line at 7:30 p.m. has the right to cast a ballot.
Ohio votes by address on Election Day: you must vote at the polling place assigned to your precinct. The Hamilton County Board of Elections and the Ohio Secretary of State's voter portal will confirm your location and registration — check before you go, because early voting locations and Election Day locations are different places.
Bring an unexpired photo ID. Ohio requires one to vote in person: an Ohio driver's license, state ID card or interim BMV identification; a U.S. passport or passport card; or a U.S. military, military dependent, Ohio National Guard or VA photo ID. Utility bills, bank statements, Social Security cards and out-of-state licenses do not qualify — and neither does the Ohio Mobile ID, so bring the physical card.
Mail voters face Ohio's strict return rule: absentee ballots must be RECEIVED by your county board of elections by 7:30 p.m. on Election Day. A postmark is not enough. At this hour, the safe move is to hand-deliver a completed ballot to the Hamilton County Board of Elections office on Broadway in downtown Cincinnati.
The ballot is the year's biggest: a governor's race between Democrat Amy Acton and Republican Vivek Ramaswamy; a U.S. Senate special election between Republican Jon Husted and Democrat Sherrod Brown; the full slate of statewide offices and two Ohio Supreme Court seats; and Issue 3, a proposed constitutional amendment that would write Ohio's existing photo ID voting requirement into the state constitution.
Below the statewide lines: congressional, state legislative, judicial and Hamilton County races, plus Cincinnati-area levies and questions that vary by address. Review your sample ballot through the Secretary of State's site tonight — the booth is no place to meet a levy for the first time.
