Logan County continues to lead the state in early voting turnout, with 32.45 percent of all registered voters having already cast their ballots.
According to the Logan County Board of Elections, the county currently has the highest percentage of voter turnout in Ohio.
Early voting turnout varies by polling location, with the MCESC John L. Yoder Center leading at 38.49 percent.
Logan County Electric Cooperative follows at 38.02 percent, and Benjamin Logan Middle School is third at 34.04 percent.
Other polling locations include Bellefontaine High School at 32.08 percent, Indian Lake High School at 30.26 percent, Cornerstone Church at 30.13 percent, Belle Center American Legion at 29.23 percent, and Riverside Athletic Fieldhouse at 24.17 percent.
Among individual precincts, Stokes Southeast has the highest turnout at 48.01 percent, followed by Lake Township at 47.38 percent and Union Township at 45.81 percent.
Monroe Township is at 42.47 percent, while Second Ward B has reached 41.92 percent.
The Board of Elections also released a breakdown of early in-person voting by age.
Voters 65 and older account for nearly half of all early in-person ballots, with 4,261 votes cast.
That represents 49.86 percent of early in-person voters in the county.
Voters between 45 and 64 account for 34.79 percent, followed by those ages 30 to 44 at 9.95 percent.
Voters between 18 and 29 make up 5.41 percent of early in-person voters.
The Board of Elections will offer additional early voting hours Saturday, October 31, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday, November 1, from 1 to 5 p.m.
Officials also report that 259 mailed or hand-carried absentee ballots remain outstanding.
Voters who still have an absentee ballot are encouraged to return it in person to the Board of Elections or place it in the secure drop box located directly in front of the office.
Officials remind voters that absentee ballots cannot be dropped off at their polling location on Election Day.
All absentee ballots must be returned to the Board of Elections by 7:30 p.m. on Election Night to be counted.
