With early voting underway statewide, the Dayton area is on track to see a record number of votes cast. And many Miami Valley polling sites are already seeing long lines compared to the last presidential election.
Despite her age group being extra high-risk for serious illness from COVID-19, 72-year-old retired West Carrollton teacher Sue Kallmeyer, who has a family member that contracted and recovered from the virus, voted in person in Montgomery County.
Kallmeyer says the polling place felt safer than she expected it might.
鈥淧eople were wearing a mask just like they were supposed to and there were no people intimidating others that I heard at all," she says, "and it was like this excitement inside, like, oh, this is so great, we are all doing this together -- separately but together, you know?鈥�
Kallmeyer says voting always brings her joy. She's urging her friends and family, regardless of political affiliation, to vote in person if they feel comfortable doing so to help avoid a drawn-out vote count in November.
Ohio reports more than eight million voter registrations this year -- more than in any year since .
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