November 08, 2011 General Election

Polls open: 6:30 AM - 7:30 PM

Filing Deadlines – All filing deadlines are at 4:00 p.m.

• 05/02/2011 - Independent Candidate petitions: Berea Judicial; Garfield Hts. Judicial;
  Lyndhurst Judicial; Newburgh Hts.; Parma; Parma Judicial; Rocky River Judicial;
  Shaker Heights Judicial
• 06/21/2011 - Candidate Petitions: Bedford Charter Review Commission
• 06/30/2011 - Candidate Petitions: Cleveland Judicial; Brook Park & Rocky River Independent
  Candidates
• 08/10/2011 - Issues and Local Options
• 08/10/2011 - Candidate Petitions: All Board of Education; Bedford, East Cleveland & Euclid
  Judicial; & 28 municipalities
• 08/25/2011 - Candidate Petitions: Beachwood; Brooklyn Hts.; Chagrin Falls Village; Parma Hts.;
  South Euclid; South Euclid Judicial
• 08/26/2011 - Protest against candidate and local option petitions
• 08/29/2011 - Candidate Write-in (refer to charter and/or Ohio Revised Code for specific rules)
• 09/02/2011 - Protest against write-in candidates
• 09/09/2011 - Charter Amendments
• 09/09/2011 - Candidate Petitions: Cleveland Hts.; Cleveland Hts. Judicial; Glenwillow;
  Independence; Olmsted Falls; University Hts.; Warrensville Hts.
• 10/19/2011 - Petition to be Recognized as Committee to Appoint Observers for an
  Issue or Question
• 10/27/2011 - Pre-General Election Campaign Finance Report (Close of books 10/19/2011)
• 10/28/2011 - Notice of Appointment of Observers
• 11/07/2011 - Amendment of Notice of Appointment of Observers
• 12/16/2011 - Post-General Election Campaign Finance Report (Close of books 12/9/2011)

• 09/21/2011 Vote by Mail application will be mailed (tentative)
• 09/24/2011 - UOCAVA absentee ballots to be mailed
• 10/04/2011 - Opening of Vote by Mail (Absentee) voting
• 10/11/2011 - Close of registration
• 11/04/2011 - 4:30 pm. Voting in person at Board of Election ends
• 11/05/2011 12:00 noon - Deadline for applications by mail for an absentee ballot to be mailed
• 11/07/2011 - All Vote by Mail / Absentee ballots mailed anywhere in the U.S. must be
  postmarked on or before this date and received at the Board of Elections on or
  before November 18, 2011 in order to be counted.
• 11/08/2011 - 6:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. - Election Day - Provisional voting at the Board of Elections
• 11/08/2011 - All Vote by Mail / Absentee ballots returned in person must be received at the
  Board of Elections by 7:30 p.m. in order to be counted.
• 11/08/2011 - All overseas Vote by Mail ballots must be postmarked on or before this date
  and received on or before November 18, 2011 in order to be counted.