ballots

Athens County Board of Elections is contacting voters affected by the error to return to vote on Issue 23, which would abolish the city charter.

There are many important races and issues on the ballot in Ohio.

The word ballot comes from the Italian word for ball, which is how we used to pick our leaders. We’d drop a ball or bean or eventually a piece of paper into a container.

The group that represents elections workers is opposed to a bill that would make changes in Ohio voting laws in this presidential election year that supporters say are needed to beef up security in the system.

Elections officials are starting to send Ohio military and overseas voters their absentee ballots for the swing state's March 15 presidential…