(WJW) — Voters in Ohio are deciding who will be on the ballot in November in Tuesday’s primary election.
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The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections tells FOX 8 that ballot scanners are operational, but the registration process is not working in some locations.
Poll workers can use paper poll books to record people’s ballots or manually enter information into the system.
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The voter registration system went down “countywide” in Cuyahoga County just after polls opened.
Voters in Lyndhurst had to be registered with a paper system.
Voters had to wait about 25 minutes before they could vote.
Voting started around 6:55 a.m.
“There’s always a plan B,” election officials told FOX 8 Jessica Dill.
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Several key races include a U.S. Senate seat, Governor, Secretary of State, and U.S. House.
Author and venture capitalist JD Vance is leading the polls in the Republican race to replace incumbent Senator Rob Portman.
The winner will likely face 10-term Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan.
Incumbent Republican Gov. Mike DeWine appears on track to secure his party’s nomination for another term, despite conservative backlash over the COVID-19 shutdowns and mandates.
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FILE – Republican U.S. Senate candidate Josh Mandel, left, and Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas, meet with members of the media before a campaign event at the High Street Baptist Church in Columbus, Ohio April 30, 2022 Republican surrogates running in Ohio’s hotly contested Senate primary are fanning out across the state or hosting other events to give their vetted candidates a last-minute boost ahead of Tuesday’s election . The senses. Josh Hawley, Ted Cruz and Rand Paul, along with Representatives Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene, were among the Conservative envoys making the final moves in the critical Senate race. (Joshua A. Bickel/The Columbus Dispatch via AP, file) -
FILE – Republican Senate candidate JD Vance waves to supporters during the Save America rally at the Delaware County Fairgrounds, April 23, 2022, in Delaware, Ohio. High-profile surrogates for Republicans running in Ohio’s hotly contested Senate primary are fanning out across the state or hosting other events to give their vetted candidates a last-minute boost ahead of the elections. Tuesday’s elections. The senses. Josh Hawley, Ted Cruz and Rand Paul, along with Representatives Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene, were among the Conservative envoys making the final moves in the critical Senate race. (AP Photo/Joe Maiorana) -
FILE – Nan Whaley, former mayor of Dayton, candidate for governor of Ohio, speaks to reporters following a debate against John Cranley at Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio, March 29, 2022. The first multi-state contest of the 2022 midterm election season takes place on Tuesday, May 3. Voters in Ohio will decide the gubernatorial candidates and one of the most controversial and expensive U.S. Senate Republican primaries in the nation. (AP Photo/Aaron Doster, File) -
FILE – Ohio congressional candidate Phil Heimlich, left, speaks with clients at Cincinnati Fitness & Boxing in Cincinnati, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean, File) -
FILE – Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, listens during a House Financial Services Committee hearing, Sept. 30, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Al Drago/Pool via AP, File) -
FILE – Rep. Steve Chabot, R-Ohio, speaks during a House Small Business Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 17, 2020. (Erin Scott/Pool via AP, File) -
FILE – Nina Turner talks to supporters near the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections before casting her vote in Cleveland, July 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Phil Long, File) -
FILE – Democratic candidate, now Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, Oct. 25, 2021, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File) -
FILE – Republican nominee for Secretary of State John Adams, a former state legislator and Navy SEAL, speaks to members of the Worthington Area Republican Club at J&D’s Place in Worthington, Ohio March 22, 2022. The Former President Donald Trump’s attempts to reverse the results of the 2020 election and his subsequent endorsements of candidates for state electoral offices who are sympathetic to his views have elevated these races to high profile status. (AP Photo/Julie Carr Smyth, File) -
FILE – Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose speaks at the Fairfield County Lincoln Republican Club in Pickerington, Ohio March 24, 2022. Former President Donald Trump’s attempts to reverse the election results of 2020 and his subsequent endorsements of candidates for state election offices who are sympathetic to his views have elevated these breeds to prominent status. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon, File) -
FILE – A campaign sign stands outside JD’s Place in Worthington, Ohio, where Republican nominee for Secretary of State John Adams, a former state lawmaker and Navy SEAL, addressed Worthington members Area Republican Club on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. Adding one more contest to the white-hot races for Congress and the governor who will dominate this year’s midterm elections: Secretaries of State. Former President Donald Trump’s attempts to reverse the 2020 election results and his subsequent endorsements of candidates for state electoral offices who are sympathetic to his views have elevated these races to high profile status. (AP Photo/Julie Carr Smyth, File) -
FILE – Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose is recognized by former President Donald Trump during a rally at the Delaware County Fairgrounds, Saturday, April 23, 2022, in Delaware, Ohio, to endorse nominees Republicans ahead of the Ohio primary on May 3. Add another contest to the white-hot races for Congress and the governor who will dominate this year’s midterm elections: the secretaries of state. Former President Donald Trump’s attempts to reverse the 2020 election results and his subsequent endorsements of candidates for state electoral offices who are sympathetic to his views have elevated these races to high profile status. (AP Photo/Joe Maiorana, File)
Ohio Democrats are deciding between former Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley or former Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley as their gubernatorial candidate. Democrats haven’t won the governorship in nearly 16 years.
For the United States House, Democratic Congresswoman Shontel Brown faces off against progressive activist and former state legislator Nina Turner again in Cleveland. Brown edged Turner in a special election last summer.
Ohio’s Republican primary for Secretary of State features a showdown between incumbent election leader Frank LaRose and conservative challenger John Adams, who questioned the results of the 2020 presidential election.
The winner of Tuesday’s Republican primary will face Democrat Chelsea Clark in November’s general election.