Voting Underway In Avon, Avon Lake: What To Know

AVON, OH — The polls are open across Ohio and in Avon and Avon Lake for the Nov. 3 general election.

The headline-grabbing decision, of course, will be the presidential race between incumbent Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden. The bellwether of the nation, many Americans will be eager to see where the Buckeye State swings on that fateful Tuesday.

Tuesday's election will have more than just a sweeping national impact. There are plenty of local decisions to be made in communities around Ohio. Learn more about the upcoming election below.

Local Races in Avon and Avon Lake

Voters in Avon will pick the U.S. Representative for the 7th district. The candidates are Bob Gibbs, Republican; Brandon Lape, Libertarian; and Quentin Potter, Democrat.

Voters in Avon Lake will pick the U.S. Representative for the 9th district. The candidates are Marcy Kaptur, Democrat, or Rob Weber, Republican.

Avon voters will choose their representative to the Ohio Statehouse for district 57, either Dara Adkinson, Democrat, or Dick Stein, Republican.

Avon Lake voters will also choose their representative to the Ohio Statehouse for district 55, either Gayle Manning, Republican, or Zach Stepp, Democrat.

There are two Lorain County-spanning issues on the ballot: Issue 18, a 0.66-mill tax levy for the Lorain County Joint Vocational School and Issue 24, a renewal of a 1.8-mill tax levy for Lorain County Children's Services.

Avon Lake voters will decide the fate of Issue 14, a five-year 1.5-mill school levy renewal for the local schools, which amounts to $0.15 for each one hundred dollars of valuation on a home.

Election Day

Polls opened at 6:30 a.m. on Nov. 3 and close at 7:30 p.m. To find your polling place, use the Lorain Board of Elections lookup tool.

Approximately 5.5 million Ohioans voted overall in 2016. Secretary of State Frank LaRose announced Monday that 3.4 million early votes have already been cast in Ohio.

Early Voting

Early voting for the upcoming general election began Oct. 6 in Ohio. Early in-person voting ended Monday. More than 3.4 million early votes were cast in Ohio.

In 2016, 1.8 million absentee ballots were cast in Ohio.

Election officials can begin scanning absentee ballots as they are received, but those votes are not tabulated until the polls close at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 3.

Each one of Ohio's 88 counties had its own designated site for in-person early voting. For most counties, that site was the county board of elections.

Poll workers will count absentee votes first on election night.