Ohio Democrats dominating absentee ballot requests, possibly creating election night angst

The Columbus Dispatch ^ | 9/27/2020 | Darrel Rowland, Rick Rouan Dan Horn

[Vaduz]

A tsunami of (off shore) Democrats seeking ballots through the mail in this pandemic-plagued presidential election.

Rice stains found on envelopes.

[arthurus]

Deocrats tend to be more fearful and will wear masks longer and get fidgety when people get near to their 6 foot borderline. They will vote by mail because it keeps them from having to be near people to vote. They need to know that postage stamps are a natural reservoir of the WuHan virus.

[Engedi]

A friend of mine is state republican delegate and he said that Repubs are in dire need of election inspectors. It’s hard he said because you are not allowed to leave day of election, long hours and no cell phones, etc. Volunteer if you can.

[tired&retired]

Totally agree.

[Ravi]

Correct no standard party registration in Ohio. Professor Michael McDonald of the University of Florida explains it best. He is the professor who runs the main early voting website. False information is always rampant in Ohio. He says it better than me.

You may see reports of Ohio mail ballot activity by “Party”. I will not post party statistics because they are misleading. Ohio’s party affiliation is unlike party registration in other states. In Ohio, “Party” is a record of the last party primary a voter participated in, in the current and past last two calendar years (see: Ohio Code 3513.19(3)). In Ohio’s April 28, 2020 presidential primary, 124,628 more voters participated in the Democratic primary than the Republican primary, primarily because President Trump had only token opposition. As a consequence, Ohio’s “Party” is currently artificially tilted towards the Democrats. Leveraging this quirk, both political parties and their allies have abused these party statistics over the years to make disingenuous claims about party enthusiasm in Ohio.

[Ravi]

also I wish that Ohio would switch to Pennsylvania’s model which does let you actually pick a party. Again there is no such thing as standard “party affiliation” in Ohio like there is in Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, Oregon, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Louisiana, Iowa and Florida. I’m sure I’m missing a few states.

[Ravi]

You may see reports of Ohio mail ballot activity by “Party”. I will not post party statistics because they are misleading. Ohio’s party affiliation is unlike party registration in other states. In Ohio, “Party” is a record of the last party primary a voter participated in, in the current and past last two calendar years (see: Ohio Code 3513.19(3)). In Ohio’s April 28, 2020 presidential primary, 124,628 more voters participated in the Democratic primary than the Republican primary, primarily because President Trump had only token opposition. As a consequence, Ohio’s “Party” is currently artificially tilted towards the Democrats. Leveraging this quirk, both political parties and their allies have abused these party statistics over the years to make disingenuous claims about party enthusiasm in Ohio.
From Professor Michael McDonald who runs the main early voting website. Remember knowledge is power.

[LS]

Just spoke to my guy at another BOE in OH. He says at the Trump rally a week or so ago, Trump asked the crowd how many voted absentee or planned to mail in a ballot. About 8 hands went up.

“How many of you plan to vote in person?” Huge cheer and the entire arena had their hands up. They will be stunned on ED.