Under Ohio election law, you declare your political 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 and may vote the Official Questions & Issues Ballot, if there is one for your precinct at the election.

Any registered Ohio voter may apply for an absentee ballot and vote absentee.

If you are voting in person in Ohio, you must present one of the following forms of ID at the time you vote:

• An unexpired Ohio driver’s license or ID
• A military ID
• A current utility bill, bank statement, paycheck, or government check that includes your name and current address
• Any government document that shows your name and address

Forms of ID that are not accepted:

• Driver’s license or photo identification card issued by a state other than Ohio;
• Social Security card;
• Passport;
• Birth certificate, unless voter still lives at the house where they resided at birth, and the birth certificate contains that home address, in which case this is acceptable as an "other government document";
• Insurance card; or
• Any registration acknowledgment notice from the county board of elections.