MANSFIELD — Polls opened Tuesday at 6:30 a.m. across Richland County and 25 percent of the county’s eligible voters are expected to cast ballots by the time they close at 7:30 p.m. That’s the voter turnout forecast from local Board of Elections Director Matt Finfgeld, which means three in four local voters will not head […]
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Board of elections: 31 valid mail-in ballots arrived too late to count
MANSFIELD — Matt Finfgeld held up a thick stack of envelopes, bound together with a rubber band. They were 31 ballots for the Nov. 7 election that should have been counted but weren’t. The ballots were all mailed to the Richland County Board of Elections, but didn’t arrive in time. “These should have been good ballots,” […]
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Open Source: Did the Madison school levy pass?
MANSFIELD — We don’t yet know the outcome of a five-year, 7.5 mill operating levy for Madison Local Schools. That’s because the results of the Nov. 7 ballot issue were too close to call. Residents voted 3,612 to 3,601 in favor of the Madison levy, according to final, unofficial vote totals from the Richland County Board […]
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Richland County voter turnout hit nearly 50 percent of registered voters
MANSFIELD — Richland County Board of Elections Director Matt Finfgeld missed by about five percentage points on his prediction by of voter turnout on Tuesday. “I was a little optimistic,” he said with a laugh on Wednesday morning, agreeing that perhaps local voters were not as fired up as larger, more urban counties that poured […]
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State Issue 1 drawing big numbers for Aug. 8 special election in Richland County
MANSFIELD — It’s clear local voters want to make their voices heard on State Issue 1, a proposed constitutional amendment that would make amending the constitution more difficult in the future. As of Thursday afternoon, 7,317 Richland County residents have taken advantage of early voting that began July 11 — nearly double the amount of […]