THE OHIO NEWSROOM

DJs at the Polls brings local DJs to polling sites on election day to make voting a positive community experience in areas with low voter turnout.

The nonpartisan nonprofit DJs at the Polls said it hired 270 Ohioans to DJ outside of polling locations and drum up excitement on Tuesday.

Ohio voters have until 7:30 p.m. Tuesday to return mail-in ballots to their county board of elections. If a ballot is mailed, it may not arrive on time to be counted.

About 36% of Ohio's voters are registered as Independents.

Early voter turnout set records in Hamilton County, Ohio and Boone County, Kentucky and is up across the board in Greater Cincinnati.

The U.S. Department of Justice's election observers won't have the authority to come inside Franklin County polling locations on Nov. 3, but some poll monitors can.

Medicare enrollment started Oct. 15 and runs through Dec. 7, but experts warn some more popular plans stop accepting new enrollees around Halloween.

Community members and city leaders are at odds around data centers. It's led Ohio communities to put measures on the ballot to restrict the industry.

Directors at all 88 county board of elections say they’re ready for potential visits from U.S. Department of Justice election monitors. The DOJ emailed Franklin, Medina and Cuyahoga counties informing them it intends to send election monitors to those jurisdictions.

The museum and research center in Columbus was already slated for renovations when it abruptly closed in September because of a problem with its fire-safety system.