Ohio
General Election
Tuesday, November 5, 2024, 6:30 AM – 7:30 PM
| Voter Registration Deadline | 10/7/2024 |
| Online Voter Registration? | ✓ Yes |
| Complete Vote By Mail Online? | ✘ No |
| Complete Voter Registration Online? | ✓ Yes, if you have an OH driver’s license or ID card and a Social Security Number. |
| Same-Day In-Person Registration + Voting | ✘ No |
| In-Person Absentee/Early Voting Period | You can return your absentee ballot in person to your ounty board of elections before the close of the polls at 7:30pm on Election Day. |
| Absentee/Vote By Mail Eligibility | 10/8/2024 – 11/5/2024 (Early In-Person Absentee)
Complete schedule for early in-person voting is available here. |
| Absentee/Vote By Mail Begins | 10/8/2024 |
| Absentee/Vote By Mail Deadline | Applications to receive an absentee ballot by mail must be received by your county board of elections by 8:30 PM on 10/29/2024.
Absentee ballots, returned in person or via a method other than U.S. Mail, must be received by the boards of elections by close of polls on Election Day (11/5/2024 at 7:30 PM) Absentee ballots returned by U.S. Mail must be postmarked no later than the day before Election Day — so, by 11/4/2024 — and received by boards of elections by 11/9/2024 |
| ID needed to Early Vote? | Yes, photo ID is required. Acceptable forms of valid photo ID include:
Ohio driver’s license; All photo IDs must have the following: An expiration date that has not passed; |
Candidate Comparison
Senate
Sherrod Brown (D)
Bernie Moreno (R)
| Brown is a champion of the PRO Act, which will strengthen the right to organize and protect workers who fight for better wages, benefits, and safer workplaces. [1] | As a business owner, Moreno stole wages, destroyed overtime records, faced dozens of wage theft lawsuits, and was ordered by the courts to pay more than $400,000 to the employees he stole from. [4] |
| Brown voted for the American Rescue Plan, which protects the pensions of hardworking people including more than 200,000 UFCW members. He also voted for the Inflation Reduction Act, which reduced prescription drug prices and capped seniors’ insulin costs at $35. [2] | Moreno criticized the American Rescue Plan. He also opposed the Inflation Reduction Act. [5] |
| Brown cosponsored a bill the would require grocery stores that accept food stamps to pay their delivery drivers good wages. Brown also sponsored a bill to create a food worker emergency fund to support grocery and meatpacking workers when disaster strikes. [3] | Moreno has not taken a position on number of key bills that impact the food industry. He has not commented on requiring grocery stores that accept food stamps to pay their delivery drivers good wages. Moreno has also remained silent on supporting grocery and meatpacking workers when disaster strikes. [6] |
CHECK THE FACTS:
- “Brown, colleagues reintroduce bill to protect workers’ right to organize,” 3/2/23, Brown.Senate.gov, https://www.brown.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/sherrod-brown-colleagues-reintroduce-bill-protect-workers-right-organize“How the PRO Act restores workers’ right to unionize,” 2/4/21, EPI.org, https://www.epi.org/publication/pro-act-problem-solution-chart/;
- U.S. Senate, Roll Call 110, American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, HR 1319, 117th Cong., 3/6/21, Senate.gov, https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1171/vote_117_1_00110.htm;”Fact sheet: President Biden announces historic relief to protect hard-earned pensions of hundreds of thousands of union workers and retirees,” 12/8/22, Whitehouse.gov, https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/12/08/fact-sheet-president-biden-announces-historic-relief-to-protect-hard-earned-pensions-of-hundreds-of-thousands-of-union-workers-and-retirees/;
“The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Endorses Senator Sherrod Brown for Reelection”, SherrodBrown.gov, 4/19/2024, https://www.sherrodbrown.com/2024/04/19/the-united-food-and-commercial-workers-international-union-endorses-senator-sherrod-brown-for-reelection/;
U.S. Senate, Roll Call 325, Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, HR 5376, 117th Cong., 8/7/22, Senate.gov, https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1172/vote_117_2_00325.htm;
“Brown highlights major new prescription drug cost savings at local pharmacy,” 8/31/23, Brown.Senate.gov, https://www.brown.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/sherrod-brown-highlights-major-new-prescription-drug-cost-savings-local-pharmacy;
UFCW Internal Calculation;
- U.S. Senate, Food and Nutrition Delivery Safety Act of 2024, S 3824, 118th Cong., introduced 2/28/24, Congress.gov, https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/3824/cosponsors;”Fetterman, Brown introduce bill to improve SNAP delivery for workers, consumers” 2/29/24, WTAJ.com, https://www.wtaj.com/news/regional-news/fetterman-brown-introduce-bill-to-improve-snap-delivery-for-workers-consumers/;
U.S. Senate, Grocery, Farm, and Food Worker Stabilization Grant Program Act, S 3469, 118th Cong., introduced 12/12/23, Congress.gov, https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/3469/all-info;
“Brown leads legislation to help secure food supply chains during a disaster,” 12/12/23, Brown.Senate.gov, https://www.brown.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/brown-leads-legislation-to-help-secure-food-supply-chains-during-a-disaster;
- “No, Bernie Moreno’s claims that Massachusetts courts overturned federal law in wage theft lawsuits and made rulings retroactive are not true: verify,” 1/23/24, WKYC.com, https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/verify/bernie-moreno-claims-that-massachusetts-courts-overturned-federal-law-in-wage-theft-lawsuits-made-rulings-retroactive-not-true-verify-stephanie-haney/95-57aec3e6-b99d-4c5d-b622-b8844f455c9d;
- Bernie Moreno (@berniemoreno), 4/24/22, X.com, https://x.com/berniemoreno/status/1518396491462844417?s=46;Bernie Moreno (@berniemoreno), 7/27/22, X.com, https://x.com/berniemoreno/status/1552411527042449408;
“Brown highlights major new prescription drug cost savings at local pharmacy,” 8/31/23, Brown.Senate.gov, https://www.brown.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/sherrod-brown-highlights-major-new-prescription-drug-cost-savings-local-pharmacy;
- “Why I’m running,” accessed 8/6/24, BernieMoreno.com, https://berniemoreno.com/why-im-running/;