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Check your voter registration status in Cuyahoga County here. Make sure that the name and address you are registered under are correct. If not, update your voter registration or register for the first time as Ohio voter here.

WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU PLAN TO VOTE FROM HOME, BY MAIL FOR THE 2024 GENERAL ELECTION. APPLY FOR YOUR VOTE-BY-MAIL BALLOT NOW. 

FIRST STEP: Verify that your registration is up-to-date. Deadline to register to vote in the general election is Tuesday, October 7, 2024. If you have moved, or plan to move, before the election on Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - make sure to update your voter registration.

Check your status through the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections website. Update your registration through the website for the Ohio Secretary of State OR print and fill out a voter registration form here - to mail or deliver in person to the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections.

STEPS TO VOTE BY MAIL
1) Request a Ballot for the General Election ASAP.
Request an application be sent to you here OR Download a copy of the application form to print and fill out here.

2) Mail Your Ballot Application OR Drop It Off in the Dropbox in the Parking Lot of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections.

Applications to vote-by-mail must be received by the Board of Elections one week prior to the election - by or before October 29, 2024 to vote in the November 2024 general election. Postage is not prepaid.

Mail or deliver the application to:
Board of Elections
2925 Euclid Ave.
Cleveland, Ohio 44115

3) Receive and Fill out Your Ballot.

Vote-by-Mail Ballots will be sent out when Early Voting begins, October 18, 2024.

If you would like information on the candidates or issues you will be voting on, NOVA recommends this guide from the League of Women Voters

4) Mail Your Ballot Back OR Drop It Off in the Dropbox in the Parking Lot of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections.

Postage is not prepaid.
Ballots must be postmarked by Monday, November 4, 2024 in order to be counted for the general election.

Mail or deliver your ballot to:
Board of Elections
2925 Euclid Ave.
Cleveland, Ohio 44115

Vote-by-Mail ballots are the FIRST TO BE COUNTED. IF YOU HAVEN’T RECEIVED YOUR BALLOT CALL THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS AT 216-443-VOTE (8683).

Ballots may be accepted by the Board of Elections if they are received within 4 days of the general election - by or before November 9, 2024.

YOU CAN CHECK THE STATUS OF YOUR BALLOT ONCE YOU SUBMIT IT.

If you have received your vote-by-mail ballot:

  • Open the envelope. There are two envelopes and your ballot.
  • Open the ballot.
  • Fill in the ovals next to the persons or issues you want to vote for.
  • Please fill out the whole ballot. Items further down on the ballot are the most important in our daily lives.
  • When you are done voting, place your ballot in the small security envelope that will keep your votes confidential. Seal the envelope!
  • Next, carefully fill in ALL the yellow highlighted sections on the small security envelope. Remember to sign and date it!
  • Put the security envelope into the mailing envelope, which is addressed to the Board of Elections. The ballot envelope will tell you how many stamps you’ll need.
  • It is important to fill in and mail your ballot to the Board of Elections soon after you receive it. The Board needs sufficient time to count and process your ballot. Your (mailed) ballot must be postmarked no later than Monday, November 6, 2023. Due to high volume, the US Postal Service estimates that it may take 2-5 days for your mailed ballot to be delivered to the Board of Elections.
  • If you are unable to mail the completed ballot, make sure deliver it to the drop box behind the Board of Elections (30 & Euclid) by 7:30 pm on Tuesday, November 7, 2023 (election day).
  • Remember, you cannot deliver your mail-in ballot to your polling place.
  • If you do not mail or deliver your ballot on time, you will have to vote with a provisional ballot, in-person at your polling place on election day. If this occurs, make sure to get follow-up instructions from a pollworker on how to ensure your ballot is counted.

Right to Vote In Ohio

Citizens with felony convictions have the right to vote in Ohio after they are done serving any sentence of incarceration. Citizens can vote if they are on probation, on parole, serving a misdemeanor sentence, or awaiting trial on a felony.

Learn Who and What’s On Your Ballot

Cuyahoga Sample Ballots

Local Elections Affect Our Everyday Lives!

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Election Day Problems?

Call one of these hotlines:
1-866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683)
1-888-VE-Y-VOTA (en Español)
1-888-API-VOTE (Asian multilingual assistance)
1-844-418-1682 (Arabic)