Portage County Board of Elections

Government & Politics

Local boards of elections still looking for poll workers

Abigail Bottar

Boards of elections in Northeast Ohio are still recruiting people to work the polls for the Nov. 8 general election.
Community

Portage County Elections Director Says Bipartisan Teams Help Secure Ohio Ballots. OH Really?

Kabir Bhatia

Faith Lyon, director of the Portage County Board of Elections, answers your questions
Government & Politics

Local Elections Official Sees Voter Registration Interest Similar to 2016

A local elections official says Ohio’s upcoming primary is drawing similar public interest and registration numbers as 2016. Tuesday marked the deadline…
Government & Politics

Power Outages Force Portage and Summit County Elections Boards to Shift Polling Places

M.L. Schultze

EDITOR'S NOTE: Power outages also have forced changes at four Summit County polling places. Those have been added below.Power outages from Sunday's storms…
Government & Politics

Portage County Switches From Touch-Screen to Paper Ballots

Kabir Bhatia

The Portage County Board of Elections has a new voting system in place for Tuesday's primary, following problems last fall.After a decade of using…