Live Updates: Election Day In Ohio

Last updated at 7:30 p.m.

Polls have now closed in Ohio. Here are the races Patch will be updating live:

1. President Donald Trump vs former Vice President Joe Biden
2. Rep. Jim Jordan vs Shannon Freshour
3. Rep. Anthony Gonzalez vs Aaron Paul Godfrey
4. Issue 69 in Cleveland Heights (school levy)
5. Proposed charter amendments in Westlake

If you were one of the millions of Ohioans who voted early this year, or requested an absentee ballot, you can track the status of your ballot online.

Go here to find the Secretary of State ballot-tracking tool. Find your county, click on it, and then type in your voter information to check your ballot status.

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A car crashed into a polling place in Miami County on Tuesday. Secretary of State Frank LaRose said no one was hurt in the accident.

"A scary situation, but the good news is everyone is OK, voting never stopped, and this voter was still able to cast her ballot," he said on Twitter.

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A professor of law at New York University (NYU) shared his thoughts on why there's little legal precedent for untangling a disputed presidential election. Part of the answer? There's simply too few instances of an election being disputed.

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Secretary of State Frank LaRose announced that Ohio has shattered all of its records for early voting during the 2020 cycle. More than 3.4 million Ohioans have already cast their ballots for the Nov. 3 general election. Prior to 2020, Ohio had never surpassed 2 million early votes cast in one election cycle.

With 3.4 million votes cast, Ohio has already hit 60 percent of the total number of votes cast in 2016, LaRose said.

While the surge in early votes may be inspiring for LaRose, it has led to some issues in voter check-in for Franklin County, the state's most populous county.

On Tuesday morning, the Franklin County Board of Elections announced it was not able to upload all early in-person voting data into its electronic check-in system. Election officials are shifting to paper pollbooks.

The data is needed to ensure voters who cast ballots early cannot vote again on Tuesday.

Ohio's second-most populous county, Cuyahoga, is not having the same issues suffered in Franklin, according to election officials.

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OHIO — On Tuesday, months of heated campaigning and political jockeying in Ohio and across the nation will come to a conclusion. Then, the real work of counting ballots will begin.

With so many votes rolling in early, Tuesday's in-person voting will represent the final piece of the voting puzzle in the Buckeye State. Polls will open at 6:30 a.m. and close at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. County boards of election can then tabulate votes, starting with those cast early.

Early votes can be scanned when they're submitted to a county board of elections, but results cannot be tabulated until polls close on Tuesday. Absentee votes are typically the first reported by counties, with some results arriving as early as 8 p.m.

Ballots postmarked by Nov. 2 can be received and counted until Nov. 13 in Ohio. Final and official results will then be tallied by election officials.

While the typical blitz of political ads and campaign stops was thinner than previous election cycles, Ohio's 18 electoral college votes could still swing the 2020 general election in favor of either President Donald Trump or his Democratic challenger former Vice President Joe Biden.

The latest polling average from RealClearPolitics shows Biden and Trump in a virtual tie in Ohio, a state Trump won handily in 2016 over Hillary Clinton.

Spurred by a hotly contested race, early voting totals in the Buckeye State surpassed 2016's totals a week before the election, Secretary of State Frank LaRose said. More than 2.2 million Ohioans had submitted their general election ballots by Oct. 27. By Nov. 2, nearly 3 million Ohioans had cast a ballot in the general election, according to the U.S. Elections Project.

Patch will be bringing you live results for the presidential race in Ohio. Check back here when polls close for links to our live updating results from election night.

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After early fears of poll worker shortages, Secretary of State Frank LaRose announced that 56,789 Ohioans have signed up to help neighbors cast votes on Nov. 3. The state's original goal was to attract 55,165 poll workers for Tuesday.

While the state has met its overall poll worker goal, five Ohio counties are lagging in attracting workers: Ashtabula, Greene, Jackson, Pike, and Vinton. Secretary of State Frank LaRose said counties have been told to train their current poll workers to do multiple jobs, in case they have to cover an understaffed polling site.

“Ohioans are stepping up to serve as poll workers this election season at a pace never seen before, showing the world the civic engagement and can-do sense of public service our state has always exemplified,” LaRose said.

The presidential race is not the only election on the ballot voters in Ohio will decide Tuesday. Some voters will also decide local races and issues.

Check back here when the polls close for live updating results.