Early Voting Begins, Know Where You're Voting in Cleveland Heights

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OH - Early voting has begun in Cuyahoga County for the Nov. 8 election and more than 6,000 Cleveland Heights residents have requested vote by mail ballots. A total of 6,512 vote by mail ballots have been requested by the city's citizens.

The majority of Cleveland Height's vote by mail requests came from Democrats, with 3,547 asking for a vote by mail ballot. Eight hundred and ninety five Cleveland Heights Republicans are voting by mail, and 2,065 residents who don't identify with a party will also cast their ballot that way.

So far, 40 vote by mail ballots have already been returned to the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections by Cleveland Heights residents, the most of any city in Cuyahoga County, including the City of Cleveland.

A total of 171,244 vote by mail ballots have been requested from the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections (BOE) and 291 have already been returned.

You can also vote early at the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections office, 2925 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. From Oct. 12 through Oct. 21, the BOE will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. As Nov. 8 draws closer, the BOE will expand its hours for early voting. You can view their full schedule here.

If you're waiting for Nov. 8 to cast your ballot, make sure you know where you're going to vote. The BOE has recently consolidated some cities' voting precincts. You can view Cleveland Height's precinct map here.

There are 883,341 registered voters in Cuyahoga County, the majority of which identify as nonpartisan voters. There are also less voters identifying with a minor party than in the previous election, with 562 voters identifying with such a party. There were 1,458 minor party voters in 2012. A surprising number considering the widespread angst over the major parties candidates.

Image from Cuyahoga County Board of Elections