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Highland County Board of Elections outlines voter registration, early voting information for March 19 primary

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Highland County Board of Elections, Press Release

The Highland County Board of Elections would like to remind voters of the upcoming primary election, Tuesday, March 19.  

The deadline to register to vote in this election is Tuesday, Feb. 20. On this day, the Board of Elections office will have extended hours from 8 a.m.- 9 p.m. Voter registrations are available in the Board office, public library, Bureau of Motor Vehicles or county treasurer’s office.  

If you are already a current registered voter and need to update your address or name change, you can go to https://olvr.ohiosos.gov and update online.

To register to vote in Highland County, you must be a current resident of Highland County, 18 years or older and a U.S. citizen. For the primary election, if you are 17 years of age and will be 18 on or before Nov. 5, 2024, you may vote in the primary. If you have any questions, please contact the Highland County Board of Elections office.

Also, early voting begins Wednesday, Feb. 21. Please make a note of the hours of operation as presented below.

Absentee Voting Hours March 19, 2024 Primary Election
• Wednesday, Feb. 21 – Friday, Feb. 23, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Monday, Feb. 26 – Friday, March 1, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Monday, March 4 – Friday, March 8, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Saturday, March 9, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Monday, March 11, 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
• Tuesday, March 12, 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
• Wednesday, March 13 – Friday, March 15, 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
• Saturday, March 16, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Sunday, March 17, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

If there are any in-person absentee voters waiting in line when voting ends on a particular day during the in-person absentee voting period, the in-person voting location shall be kept open until those voters who were in line when the location closed for the day have cast a ballot.

Election Day voting will be held at your local voting location, not in the Board of Elections office.

Just a reminder to all Highland County voters, if you are voting absentee by mail, you have three options of how to return your ballot to the board office:
 
• USPS (Mail)
• Bring in to our office and drop off
• Place in our outside drop box (which is in our parking lot). This box is accessible 24 hours/day, seven days/week, and it is under video surveillance.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Highland County Board of Elections at (937) 393-9961 or come see us at 1575 North High St., Ste. 200, Hillsboro 45133.