Absentee voting for the March 6 Primary Election is now taking place in Summit
County. You can print, sign and mail in an Absentee Ballot Application by
clicking here or come to the Board of Elections to vote absentee in person. We
are open Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Walk-in voting will take
place at the Board of Elections office at 470 Grant Street in Akron through
Friday, March 2, and we will be open until 6:00 p.m. that day only.
You must
have registered to vote in Ohio by February 6 to vote in the March 6 Primary
Election. If you are not sure if you are registered to vote, click
here and
enter your name to see if you are on our list of registered voters. If you
aren't registered to vote, click
here to fill out a voter registration form,
print and sign it and mail it or bring it to the Board of Elections, 470 Grant
Street, Akron, Ohio 44311. If you need to update your voter registration to
reflect a new address or a name change, please fill out a new voter registration
form when you vote.
17-year olds who will turn 18 on or before November 6, 2012,
may register to vote and vote in the March 6 Primary Election. These 17-year
olds may only vote for candidates seeking their party nomination to the November
ballot. 17-year olds may not vote on candidates to be presidential delegates,
state or county central committee candidates or questions and issues (such as
tax levies and liquor options).
Parties participating in the primary are
Democratic, Republican, Libertarian and Green. Voters who want to remain
independent may request a Questions and Issues ballot, and they will vote only
on the tax levies and local liquor option issues, if there are any in their
precinct. Only 98 of the county's 475 precincts have a Questions and Issues
ballot.