Presidential Primary Date:  March 19, 2024

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Open or Closed:  Semi-open

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How to Vote in the Primary:  Register to Vote and Update Your Registration - Ohio Secretary of State (ohiosos.gov)

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Primaries and Caucuses - Rock the Vote

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Ohio has semi-open primaries. Voters become affiliated with a political party by choosing to vote in that party’s primary. Voters declare or change their affiliation by choosing a party’s primary ballot. 

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DO I DECLARE MY POLITICAL PARTY AFFILIATION WHEN I REGISTER?

No. Under Ohio election law, you declare your political party affiliation by requesting the ballot of a political party in a partisan primary election.

If you do not desire to affiliate with a political party in Ohio, you are considered to be an unaffiliated voter. An unaffiliated voter does not vote the ballot of a political party in a primary election. However, an unaffiliated voter may vote the Official Questions & Issues Ballot, if there is one for the voter's precinct at the election.