The Dispatch wrote
Campaigns dig in to make most of expanded early voting in Ohio
Monday, September 29, 2008
BY MARK NIQUETTE
Election Day is 36 days away, but voting in Ohio starts Tuesday. That’s when absentee ballots must be ready for early voting, which is expected to attract a record number of voters this fall. It already has changed the dynamics of campaigning.
Ohio has allowed limited absentee voting for years, but this is the first presidential election since the General Assembly changed state law in 2005 to permit anyone to vote that way without providing a reason.
And whether the goal is reducing congestion at the polls on Election Day or locking down the votes of supporters, election officials, the presidential campaigns, both major parties and other groups are going all out to encourage Ohioans to vote early.