IN-PERSON ABSENTEE VOTING for the primary will begin Tuesday, January 31 at the Board of Elections office at 951 Liberty Drive, Lancaster, Ohio. Please be prepared to provide valid identification information in order to vote absentee in-person. In-person absentee voting hours will be 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday through Friday until Thursday, March 1 and from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm on Friday March 2.
You may register to vote until February 6th.
Visit Fairfield County Board of Elections for information on Absentee voting.
Board of Elections is still looking for Democrat poll workers for march 6.
Please call 740-652-7000 to sign up.
Featured Event
Democratic Executive Committee Meeting
Join us for February meeting of the Executive Committee of the Fairfield County Democratic party. Executive Committee will meet 7 p.m. Thursday, February 16th, at 118N Columbus St. Lancaster.
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PRIMARY ELECTION MARCH 6, 2012
Ohio State Representative - District 77
Kelly Bryant - Dem, 13456 Shell Beach Rd., Lot 15, Thornville, OH 43076
Ohio State Represenative - District 78 (Pickaway Most Populous)
Jeremy A. VanMeter - Dem, 311 N. Elm St., Sugar Grove, OH 43155
Ohio State Senate - District 20
Teresa M. Scarmack - Dem, 218 Michelle St., Logan, OH 43138
County Commissioner 1/3/2013
George C. Hallarn - Dem, 5225 Plum Rd., Carroll, OH 43112
Reed Bailey - Dem, 4547 Vista Dr., Canal Winchester, OH 43110
Events
Democratic Executive Committee Meeting
Join us for February meeting of the Executive Committee of the Fairfield County Democratic party. Executive Committee will meet 7 p.m. Thursday,...
Event Details · Feb 16, 2012
Pickerington Meet and Greet
Pickerington Democrats Meetup Group is sponsoring a Meet the Candidates
Event Details · Feb 25, 2012
Fairfield County Democratic Club Meeting
Join us the 4th Tuesday of the Month at Fairfield County Democratic Club Meeting. At HQ.
Event Details · Feb 28, 2012
Joint Licking Fairfield Fundraiser for Justice Brown
Fundraiser for Justice Yvette McGee Brown, location near Buckeye Lake
Event Details · Feb 29, 2012
ODP Legacy Dinner
Ohio Democratic Party Legacy Dinner. Open item for details, see attached flyer.
Event Details · Mar 2, 2012
News Articles
Union County church copes with second fire
RAYMOND, Ohio – A Union County minister who lost his church to arson on Jan. 10 is now dealing with more losses following an accidental fire that destroyed a barn belonging to a church member.
News Item · Columbus Dispatch · Feb 6, 2012
East Side man pleads guilty in child porn case
An East Side man caught videotaping a 9-year-old boy in a Walmart restroom pleaded guilty today to possessing more than 700 images of child pornography. Okey Belcher, 28, said little during the hearing today in federal court in Columbus.
News Item · Columbus Dispatch · Feb 6, 2012
ODOT ahead of schedule, updates I-71 closings along Downtown
The Ohio Department of Transportation has changed this week’s schedule for closings along I-71 near Downtown. Crews demolishing an I-670 bridge over I-71 are ahead of schedule, the department said. They’re removing steel beams from the bridge.
News Item · Columbus Dispatch · Feb 6, 2012
Where
Did That Sentence-Ending Preposition Rule Come From?
Listen to Lexicon Valley Episode No. 1: A Sin of Which None Is Guilty
News Item · Slate · Feb 6, 2012
Workplace Rivalry
News Item · Slate · Feb 6, 2012
Dems want their candidate as Ind. elections chief
(AP)
AP - While Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels held off Saturday on appointing a permanent replacement for the state elections chief convicted early that morning of voter fraud, Democrats said they planned to move quickly to wrest control of the politically powerful office from the GOP.
News Item · Yahoo News Democratic Party · Feb 4, 2012
Senate Democrats ready backup plan on payroll tax bill
(Reuters)
Reuters - Senate Democrats have begun preparing a backup plan to extend a tax cut for workers if a special congressional negotiating committee fails to reach quick agreement, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Friday.
News Item · Yahoo News Democratic Party · Feb 3, 2012
Michigan Democrats Unveil Legislative Package Aimed at Campaign Finance Reform
(ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork - Michigan House Democrats unveiled a package of bills aimed at campaign finance reform on Thursday. The bills specifically seek to address transparency and accountability in how political campaigns gather financing.
News Item · Yahoo News Democratic Party · Feb 3, 2012
Tuesday night: Time for Rick Santorum to make his move
Do or die time for Rick Santorum (Gage Skidmore)
Mitt Romney barely cracked 50 percent in the no-turnout Nevada caucuses, but it's clear Republicans are still not rallying around his candidacy. They just don't like him. But he's also been lucky in his opposition—luck that continues to this...
News Item · 5 DailyKos Headlines · Feb 6, 2012
Karl Rove sees evidence of 'Chicago-style politics' in Chrysler ad
Breaking! Karl Rove is blaming something
on Obama! (Jim Bourg/Reuters)
Count Karl Rove among those who think the Chrysler Super Bowl ad was good for Barack Obama:
“I was, frankly, offended by it,” said Karl Rove on Fox News Monday. “I'm a huge fan of Clint Eastwood, I thought it was an...
News Item · 5 DailyKos Headlines · Feb 6, 2012
Midday open thread
Today's comic from Tom Tomorrow is The rightwingoverse:
What you missed on Sunday Kos ...
Sunday's comic was Bigger better Swift Boats, by Matt Wuerker.
For evidence of a war on workers, look no farther than the rise of the lockout, by Laura Clawson.
Posters, billboards and white privilege,...
News Item · 5 DailyKos Headlines · Feb 6, 2012
