Ohio elections, 2013

2014 → ← 2012 Contents 1 2013 elections 1.1 Special elections 1.2 Special elections by date 2 Voting in Ohio 2.1 Important voting information 2.2 Voting absentee 2.3 Voting early 3 Elections Performance Index 4 See also 5 References

Ohio election information for 2013 is listed below.

On the 2013 ballot
No regularly scheduled elections in Ohio. Exceptions include special elections. Find current election news and links here.
U.S. Senate	d
U.S. House	d
State Executives	d
State Senate	d
State House	d
Ballot measures	a
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2013 elections

Special elections

See also: Local ballot measures, Ohio

See also: Local ballot measure elections in 2013

There were two scheduled elections to vote on local ballot measures in Ohio as of June 2013. There are no statewide ballot measures being voted on in 2013.

Special elections by date

• May 7, 2013
• February 5, 2013

There were two local ballot measures on the ballots in Ohio for this election. Click here for more information on these local ballot measures.

There were seven local ballot measures on the ballots in Ohio for this election:

• Five measures seek to increase school property taxes.
• One of the five property tax increase measures would also authorize a school income tax.
• This income tax was one of two proposed measures requesting approval of school income taxes.
• One of the other property tax increase measures would also authorize school bonds.
• This was the only bond measure in this election and would authorize bonds in the amount of $28,308,500.
• There was one measure authorizing a rezoning amendment.
• Three of the six school tax questions were approved and three were defeated.

Notable measures:

• One Coventry Local School District measure in Summit County requests both a property tax levy increase and authority to borrow over $28 million for construction and renovation improvements.

For more information on the local ballot measures listed above, click here.

Voting in Ohio

See also: Voting in Ohio

Important voting information

• Ohio has a mixed primary system. Voters must vote in the primary of same party as the voter participated in last primary election, but it is loosely enforced. However, if a voter wishes to vote in another party's primary, he or she must register with that party in order to vote.
• Registration must be completed at least 28 days prior to the election.

Voting absentee

See also: Absentee voting by state

For information about eligibility, deadlines, military and overseas voting and updates to the voting laws in Ohio, please visit our absentee voting by state page.

Voting early

Ohio is one of 33 states that has early voting with no specific requirements as to who can vote early. Early voting begins 35 days before an election and ends the day prior to election day.

Elections Performance Index

See also: Pew Charitable Trusts' Elections Performance Index

Ohio ranked 27th out of the 50 states and District of Columbia in the Pew Charitable Trusts' Elections Performance Index (EPI), based on the 2010 elections. The EPI examines election administration performance assigning an average percentage score based on 17 indicators of election performance. The indicators were chosen within the framework of determining the convenience and integrity of each of the three administrative phases of an election: registration, voting and counting. Ohio received an overall score of 64%.

See also

• Statewide elections, 2013
• 2013 election dates
• Election result resources
• Voter guides
• State Blue Books
• Voting in Ohio
• Absentee voting
• Early voting