Answers to Civics Essential Quiz: Voting 201: Options in Ohio, plus myths debunked

Voters can use election drop boxes to

___ file a complaint with their county boards of elections

_X__ deposit their completed absentee ballots instead of mailing them

___ apply for an absentee ballot

___ register to vote

 

To vote in Ohio, citizens must have lived in the state for at least 30 days

_X__ True

___ False

 

To register to vote, Ohioans can

___ register online at their county elections board website

___ register verbally with any certified librarian

___ print, fill out and mail a registration application

___ send a request to a common pleas judge

_X__both a and c

___ both b and d
___ all of the above
___ none of the above
___ no clue! read the story!!

 

Ohioans can email an application to vote absentee

___ True

_X__False

 

Common absentee ballot errors do not include:

___ forgetting to sign the ballot envelope

___ writing “USA” where it asks for your county

_X__forgetting to notarize the ballot

___ recording the incorrect birthdate

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