Tornado Watch issued April 2 at 9:13PM EDT until April 3 at 4:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 103 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
FAYETTE UNION WAYNE
IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA
DEARBORN FRANKLIN OHIO RIPLEY SWITZERLAND
IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 9 COUNTIES
IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY
BOONE BRACKEN CAMPBELL CARROLL GALLATIN GRANT KENTON OWEN PENDLETON
IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 27 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL OHIO
DELAWARE FAIRFIELD FAYETTE FRANKLIN LICKING MADISON PICKAWAY UNION
IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO
HIGHLAND
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
BROWN BUTLER CLERMONT CLINTON HAMILTON WARREN
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
AUGLAIZE CHAMPAIGN CLARK DARKE GREENE HARDIN LOGAN MERCER MIAMI MONTGOMERY PREBLE SHELBY
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, ADA, ALEXANDRIA, AUGUSTA, AURORA, BATESVILLE, BEAVERCREEK, BELLEFONTAINE, BELLEVUE, BLANCHESTER, BRIGHT, BROOKSVILLE, BROOKVILLE, BURLINGTON, BUTLER, CAMDEN, CARROLLTON, CELINA, CIRCLEVILLE, COLDWATER, CONNERSVILLE, COVINGTON, CRITTENDEN, DAY HEIGHTS, DAYTON, DELAWARE, DILLSBORO, DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI, DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, DOWNTOWN DAYTON, DRY RIDGE, EATON, ERLANGER, FAIRBORN, FAIRFIELD, FALMOUTH, FLORENCE, FORT THOMAS, FRANKLIN, GEORGETOWN, GREENDALE, GREENFIELD, GREENVILLE, HAMILTON, HIDDEN VALLEY, HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, HILLSBORO, INDEPENDENCE, KENTON, KETTERING, LANCASTER, LANDEN, LAWRENCEBURG, LEBANON, LIBERTY, LONDON, MARYSVILLE, MASON, MIDDLETOWN, MILAN, MILFORD, MINSTER, MOUNT CARMEL, MOUNT ORAB, MOUNT REPOSE, MULBERRY, NEW BREMEN, NEWARK, NEWPORT, OAKBROOK, OSGOOD, OWENTON, OXFORD, PICKERINGTON, PIQUA, PLAIN CITY, RICHMOND, RIPLEY, RISING SUN, SIDNEY, SPRINGBORO, SPRINGFIELD, ST. MARYS, SUMMERSIDE, TIPP CITY, TROY, URBANA, VERSAILLES, VEVAY, WAPAKONETA, WARSAW, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, WEST COLLEGE CORNER, WEST JEFFERSON, WILLIAMSTOWN, WILMINGTON, WITHAMSVILLE, AND XENIA.

The Wind Advisory has been cancelled. (details ...)

The Wind Advisory has been cancelled and is no longer in effect.

Flood Watch issued April 2 at 3:04PM EDT until April 6 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.
* WHERE...The following counties, in Indiana, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland, Union and Wayne, the following counties, in Kentucky, Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Lewis, Mason, Owen, Pendleton and Robertson, and the following counties, in Ohio, Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hamilton, Hardin, Highland, Hocking, Licking, Logan, Madison, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Pickaway, Pike, Preble, Ross, Scioto, Shelby, Union and Warren.
* WHEN...From 8 PM EDT this evening through Sunday morning.
* IMPACTS...Soils remain moist and excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Auglaize Election board gears up for Ohio primary

By Janie Southard

Photo by Janie Southard/The Daily Standard

Auglaize County election board members run sample ballots through the system to ensure the counts match between paper and machine. Participating in the test are Mary Dee Malueg, left, election board member; Peggy Matheny, deputy director; Carolyn Campbell, election office executive director; Bill Roth and Larry Fledderjohann, board members; and in back, Francia Engle, board chairperson.

WAPAKONETA - Six days and counting until voters hit the polls for the Ohio primary, an event national media will be watching closely. County election board members were hard at it Tuesday testing the paper ballot system to make sure the machines tally properly.

"We're using dummy ballots to verify the (paper) cards and the (machine) tape ... The dummies represent all the examples that may occur: village and township races and issues," said Peg Matheny, deputy director at the Auglaize County board of elections.

Official ballots also have been verified and rechecked, according to Executive Director Carolyn Campbell, who added that all memory cards have been sealed in the machines.

"All precincts will receive the machine in a sealed case. If that (paper) seal is broken we'll know it because the word 'void' will appear in white lettering," Campbell said. "Of course, the bottom line is that if someone really wants to break into the machines, they will do it no matter what. But, we'll know it."

It's not too late to vote absentee and anyone can vote absentee for any reason.

The office will be open the rest of the week and on Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon. The last day for absentee voting is Monday.

And remember in a primary election all the voters must declare party affiliation and can declare either party, not matter whether they are registered Republican or Democrat.

"You can't come to the polls and say you're an Independent and want both ballots. It just doesn't work that way. You must declare a party," Campbell said.

The reason voters are asked which party ballot they want is that a primary is a nominating process not an election. It is the process by which the political parties select their candidates for the November election.

Another thing to remember is take identification to the polls. There is no voting without it.

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