The Summit County Board of Elections is changing the traffic pattern to access its facility and relocating the ballot drop box. 

All incoming and exiting traffic on Grant Street will be restricted to right turns — to access the Board of Elections, voters should now enter at 470 Grant St. They will then be directed to parking at the Early Vote Center, which is where they can cast their ballots.

The ballot drop box has been temporarily relocated to 450 Grant St. The box is accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week for anyone dropping off their own ballot. They must be received by Tuesday, Nov. 5, at 7:30 p.m.

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If you are returning a ballot for a family member or disabled voter, you are required to sign an attestation form (for disabled voters, this is currently being challenged in court). BOE staff will be available during all early in-person absentee voting hours to assist at your vehicle or inside the building.

Overflow parking for early voting is available at 441 and 411 Wolf Ledges Parkway (Akron Innovation Campus locations) and 150 E. Exchange St. (Folk Art Hall). Shuttle service will be available at each overflow parking lot to take voters to and from the Early Vote Center. 

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Voters must be in line to vote by the time polls close during early voting. For each day of early voting, shuttle pickups at each overflow parking lot will end 30 minutes prior to the closing of the line to vote. Shuttle service from the Early Vote Center to each overflow parking lot will continue until 1 hour after the close of the line to vote.

Additional details, including early voting hours, are available at https://www.boe.ohio.gov/summit/information/2024-traffic-flow/.

If you have questions, you can call the board at 330-643-5200.  

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