CLEVELAND — Primary election day certainly looks different this year, with all ballots across the state of Ohio being conducted by mail due to the dangers posed by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Gov. Mike DeWine moved the election from its original March 17 date to April 28, and Secretary of State Frank LaRose set a deadline of 10 p.m. tonight for all counties to finish tabulating their results. However, one large portion of Northeast Ohio will instead be counting early into Wednesday morning.
The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections says it has received "a much larger number of ballots" in the last 24 hours than what was initially anticipated, and will therefore not be able to meet LaRose's deadline. For reference, officials say there were about 44,000 ballots that still hadn't been returned, but about 20,000 of those came in this morning.
What's more, thousands more ballots could still come in, and voters can still drop theirs off in person at the board of elections on Euclid Avenue in Cleveland by 7:30 p.m. this evening. Although the deadline will be missed, all ballots will still be counted, with the county expecting completion to come some time after midnight.
Unlike normal years, no partial election results will be made public, and the only the final unofficial results will be posted once all precincts report. Those can be found at boe.cuyahogacounty.us.
3News will also have election results from throughout Cuyahoga County and Northeast Ohio. You can view them at wkyc.com/elections.
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