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Ninga

(8,610 posts)
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 01:20 PM Aug 2023

Voting update from a small Village in Ohio

Chagrin Falls Ohio has a population of approximately 4,300 and is located in Cuyahoga County just 18 miles from Cleveland.
My intent was to vote last week but deferred to today.
I had to stand in a line, I was shocked. When voting in person in the past, I could count on zipping in and out without any lines.
I asked an election worker about turn out, and she said everyone was “unbelievably shocked” at how busy they’ve been all day.
Roller coaster emotional ride for sure,
Go Ohio

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Voting update from a small Village in Ohio (Original Post) Ninga Aug 2023 OP
I voted today as well... FarPoint Aug 2023 #1
Same here! My absentee True Blue American Aug 2023 #19
YES! FarPoint Aug 2023 #25
I hope large turnout is our friend Warpy Aug 2023 #2
And the slimy Ohio GOP Diamond_Dog Aug 2023 #3
General rule: Bigger the turnout, the worse it is for the GOP. marble falls Aug 2023 #4
I believe that follows. Last November election turn put in Ohio was piss poor. Dems flamed out Ninga Aug 2023 #6
I think everybody knows that Issue 1 is a one-time roadblock being erected Sibelius Fan Aug 2023 #5
So dumb. Do they not realize that this will affect every one of their pet projects? jimfields33 Aug 2023 #7
Foaming at the mouth never indicates a sound reasoning process. dchill Aug 2023 #20
Update from City of Hilliard @ noon Backseat Driver Aug 2023 #8
👍 Ninga Aug 2023 #9
It used to be DownriverDem Aug 2023 #10
Things change that's for sure. We'll know by 9 pm what the large turnout foreshadowed. Ninga Aug 2023 #11
I have a relative in Chagrin Falls ... Auggie Aug 2023 #12
Has not been for several election cycles. Obama won here in 2008, 2012, Hillary in 2016 and Ninga Aug 2023 #17
Great news! Auggie Aug 2023 #26
Yes that was a long time ago. We are fortunate to Ninga Aug 2023 #27
Oh yeah ... definitely gorgeous area Auggie Aug 2023 #28
So good to hear! PittBlue Aug 2023 #29
Yes. Go Ohio! dchill Aug 2023 #13
Ohio. The Heart of it All! Captain Zero Aug 2023 #31
That's great news, Ninga! Thanks for sharing. thatcrowwoman Aug 2023 #14
Thank you thatcrowwoman! Ninga Aug 2023 #18
Was just listening to Chicago's progressive radio station in the car. ShazzieB Aug 2023 #15
As you are doubtless aware, Chagrin Falls is quite notable. It is the birthplace of the fictional PatrickforB Aug 2023 #16
The real actor, Tim Conway, was born in nearby Willoughby, Ohio. dchill Aug 2023 #21
He always claimed True Blue American Aug 2023 #23
Tim graduated from Chagrin Falls High School and his parents lived down the street from where I live Ninga Aug 2023 #24
Tim Conway, too! True Blue American Aug 2023 #22
Hopefully, good news! calimary Aug 2023 #30

FarPoint

(13,617 posts)
1. I voted today as well...
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 01:24 PM
Aug 2023

Montgomery County Ohio...steady flow line at 8 am....only one issue to vote on so it's fast too. ...Voted NO ON ISSUE 1.

Warpy

(113,130 posts)
2. I hope large turnout is our friend
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 01:26 PM
Aug 2023

as it usually is in other states. I hope people are voting against the power grab by the lege.

I have to think at least a slim majority of Americans aren't Fascist.

Diamond_Dog

(34,613 posts)
3. And the slimy Ohio GOP
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 01:27 PM
Aug 2023

Thought if they held this one single issue vote in August, they get a super low turnout!

I’m so proud of all who are voting!

Ninga

(8,610 posts)
6. I believe that follows. Last November election turn put in Ohio was piss poor. Dems flamed out
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 01:45 PM
Aug 2023

because turn put in Dem strong holds was weak.

Sibelius Fan

(24,630 posts)
5. I think everybody knows that Issue 1 is a one-time roadblock being erected
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 01:45 PM
Aug 2023

to defeat abortion rights, and that it would be overturned the minute a Xian-friendly issue appeared on the ballot.

jimfields33

(18,837 posts)
7. So dumb. Do they not realize that this will affect every one of their pet projects?
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 01:52 PM
Aug 2023

Absolutely no foresight in this group.

Backseat Driver

(4,635 posts)
8. Update from City of Hilliard @ noon
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 01:56 PM
Aug 2023

Voted NO - no line; no waiting. Breezed right through. Poll worker said "really good" turnout at our location today. Thanks Franklin County early voters.

DownriverDem

(6,640 posts)
10. It used to be
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 02:34 PM
Aug 2023

that repubs voted absentee. Now they are encouraged to vote in person. That was part of the plan so trump could claim he won on election day and those other ballots were fraud for Dems. I'm hoping the big turn out means no on 1 this time.

Ninga

(8,610 posts)
11. Things change that's for sure. We'll know by 9 pm what the large turnout foreshadowed.
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 02:38 PM
Aug 2023

Fingers crossed.

Auggie

(31,798 posts)
12. I have a relative in Chagrin Falls ...
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 02:45 PM
Aug 2023

for years, she says, it skewed very Republican in voting. Is that still the case today?

Ninga

(8,610 posts)
17. Has not been for several election cycles. Obama won here in 2008, 2012, Hillary in 2016 and
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 03:28 PM
Aug 2023

Biden in 2020. In the last school board election, the self proclaimed anti diversity candidates lost biggly.

Auggie

(31,798 posts)
26. Great news!
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 04:34 PM
Aug 2023

Thanks for the update.

I worked on an estate in Bentleyville for a few years. Long time ago, before the Chagrin River Road bridge was washed out.

Ninga

(8,610 posts)
27. Yes that was a long time ago. We are fortunate to
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 05:04 PM
Aug 2023

be buffered by the Metro park. It’s a lovely area.

PittBlue

(4,378 posts)
29. So good to hear!
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 06:28 PM
Aug 2023

We moved to Middleburg Heights two years ago from SW PA. Chagrin Falls was one of the first places that we visited. We love attending plays at the theater and love E pizza! The town is so beautiful and it always reminds of New England.
BTW… 5 of us in our family voted NO…it was my 18 year old grandsons first time to vote!

thatcrowwoman

(1,230 posts)
14. That's great news, Ninga! Thanks for sharing.
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 02:59 PM
Aug 2023

We’re waiting and watching and hoping with you.
Best of luck for a better tomorrow!
🕊thatcrowwoman

ShazzieB

(18,641 posts)
15. Was just listening to Chicago's progressive radio station in the car.
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 02:59 PM
Aug 2023

They were saying like for voting in Ohio today are literally stretching for blocks in some places! If they said where, I didn't catch it, but it made my heart skip a beat!

I mean, I hate that anyone has to stand in line that long to vote, but it's great hearing the turnout is so high, especially since the Repugs tried so hard to force a low turnout. Good job, Ohio!

PatrickforB

(15,109 posts)
16. As you are doubtless aware, Chagrin Falls is quite notable. It is the birthplace of the fictional
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 03:01 PM
Aug 2023

Ensign Parker in the old TV series McHale's Navy.

As to the turnout - GREAT! I am thinking huge turnout is not what the Republicans wanted on this one...

Ninga

(8,610 posts)
24. Tim graduated from Chagrin Falls High School and his parents lived down the street from where I live
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 04:05 PM
Aug 2023

His parents didn’t feel acting provided a very steady income so with that in mind, every time he visited from Hollywood his mother would reassuringly tell him the hardware store was hiring!

True Blue American

(18,161 posts)
22. Tim Conway, too!
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 03:53 PM
Aug 2023

We had Jonathon Winters. I passed him on the wide streets of Dayton looking around to see if anyone recognized him. I was the only one who did. He smiled at me when I did a double take. He was just starting out.

Same with Mel Torme. Both just starting.

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