Upcoming Election
May 4, 2021 Special Election
Unofficial Results – May 4, 2021 Special Election (NEW FORMAT)
Certified Questions and Issues
Check your Absentee Ballot Status
Help wanted: Deputy Director of the Board of Elections
May 4, 2021 Special Election Polls open at 6:30 a.m. and close at 7:30 p.m. Use the poll finder to find your assigned polling location. Absentee Voting for Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Commences March 19, 2021. Voter Registration Deadline April 5, 2021. Board of Elections will be open 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. this date. Absentee & Early Voting for all voters Commences April 6, 2021. Early Voting Hours for the May 4, 2021 Last Day: Monday, May 3 - 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Please be advised that Ohio Revised Code 3501.35 prohibits the wearing of political shirts, masks, buttons, hats, and other campaign paraphernalia inside our early vote center and polling locations on Election Day. Per the revised code, "the precinct election officials and the police officer shall strictly enforce the observance of this section."
Lake County Board of Elections
105 Main St. Ste. 107
PO Box 490
Painesville, Ohio 44077
Phone: 440-350-2700
Fax: 440-350-2670
Email: [email protected]
Office Hours: Monday-Friday – 8:00am – 4:30pm
| DALE H. FELLOWS, Chair | THOMAS A. TAGLIAMONTE |
| LINDA HLEBAK | DAVID A. VITAZ |
R. ROSS McDONALD, Director
JANET F. CLAIR, Deputy Director
Voter Registration Information
Register to Vote or Update your name and/or address.
Review your Voter Registration to ensure your name and address is current.
See if you’re registered to vote
Update your Voting Address.
Update your voting address online
Voter Identification Requirements
Please remember to bring proper ID to the Polling Locations on Election Day.
Ohio law requires that every voter, upon appearing at the polling place to vote on Election Day, to announce his or her full name and current address and provide proof of the voter’s identity.
The forms of identification that may be used by a voter who appears at a polling place to vote on an Election Day include:
- A current and valid photo identification card issued by the State of Ohio or the United States government; or
- A military identification (“military ID”); or
- An original or copy of a current utility bill; or
- An original or copy of a current bank statement; or
- An original or copy of a current government check; or
- An original or copy of a current paycheck; or
- An original or copy of a current other government document, other than a voter registration acknowledgement notification mailed by the board of elections, that shows the voter’s name and current address.
A voter presenting an Ohio driver’s license that shows the voter’s former address is permitted to cast a regular ballot so long as the voter’s current residential address is printed in the official poll list of registered voters for that precinct. Voters who do not provide one of these documents at the precinct will still be able to vote using a provisional ballot. Voters who do not have any of the above forms of identification, including a Social Security number, will still be able to vote by signing an affirmation statement swearing to the voter’s identity under penalty of election falsification and by casting a provisional ballot.
For Voter I.D. purposes “current” means the document was issued on a date within one year immediately preceding the date of the election at which the voter seeks to vote, or has on it an expiration date which has not passed as of the date of the election in which the voter seeks to vote.
Absentee Voting Information
Print and complete an Absentee Application found in documents below.
We will gladly mail you a form. Simply call 440-350-2700
