{"id":6511,"date":"2022-10-20T13:12:33","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T13:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/?p=6511"},"modified":"2022-10-20T13:12:33","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T13:12:33","slug":"local-dems-urge-voters-to-head-for-the-new-early-voting-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/20\/local-dems-urge-voters-to-head-for-the-new-early-voting-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Dems Urge Voters to Head for the New Early Voting Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6512 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_9611-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_9611-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_9611-370x243.jpg 370w, https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_9611.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The Truth Staff<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>On the morning of Wednesday, October 12, a number of Democratic candidates gathered at the Lucas County Early Voting Center at 3737 W. Sylvania to urge voters to get out and get out early to cast their votes in this important midterm election year.<\/p>\n<p>Joining the event\u2019s organizer, Lucas County Recorder Michael Ashford, chairman f the Lucas County Democratic Party, were: State Representative Lisa Sobecki, candidate for Lucas County Commissioner; Toledo City Councilwoman Michele Grim, candidate for Ohio State Representative, District 43; Erika White, candidate for state representative, District 42; Nancy Larson, candidate for state representative, District 41; Toledo Municipal Clerk of Court Vallie Bowman English, candidate for judge in the Court of Common Pleas, Juvenile Division; Judge Lori Olender of the Court of Common Pleas, candidate for re-election and Tom Puffenberger, candidate for the Court of Appeals, 6<sup>th<\/sup> District.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a very important election,\u201d said Sobecki, as she led off and touched on the theme that virtually all the candidates would repeat in some fashion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will end up with more freedom or less,\u201d said Larson, explaining why this election is considered to be so important. \u201cYour life depends up voting today, voting tomorrow,\u201d echoed Grim.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Olender, as did all the candidates, wanted voters to note the difference in the early voting site location \u2013 from its downtown location when she was first elected, to the 3737 W. Sylvania Avenue current location.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJudicial votes matter because judges are ruing every day on things that will affect your lives,\u201d noted Bowman English.<\/p>\n<p>The early voting hours are as follows: October 12-14: 8:00 a.m. &#8211; 5:00 p.m.; October 17-21: 8:00 a.m. &#8211; 5:00 p.m.; October 24-28: 8:00 a.m. &#8211; 5:00 p.m.; October 29: 8:00 a.m. &#8211; 4:00 p.m.; October 31: 8:00 a.m. &#8211; 7:00 p.m.; November 1-4: 8:00 a.m. &#8211; 7:00 p.m.; November 5: 8:00 a.m. &#8211; 4:00 p.m.; November 6: 1:00 p.m. &#8211; 5:00 p.m.; November 7: 8:00 a.m. &#8211; 2:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Truth Staff On the morning of Wednesday, October 12, a number of Democratic candidates gathered at the Lucas County Early Voting Center at 3737 W. Sylvania to urge voters to get out and get out early to cast their votes in this important midterm election year. 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