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          "basis": "State canvass: once the Secretary of State has received Form No. 2 from every county, the Secretary fixes a time for the canvass that \"shall not be later than ten days after such abstracts have been received\" and then \"shall determine and declare the results of all elections in which electors throughout the entire state voted\" (R.C. 3505.35(A)); for multi-county U.S. House districts the SoS canvasses the abstracts too. With county canvasses due by 24 Nov, the statutory latest date is about 4 Dec 2026. The window starts on 24 Nov, the county deadline (an estimate: the state canvass needs all 88 counties' abstracts), and closes at the end of 7 Dec, Eastern time, three days after that date, to allow for abstracts arriving after 24 Nov and for the 2022 precedent. Precedent: the Secretary of State's certification of the 8 Nov 2022 general election was reported on 12 Dec 2022, 34 days after polling day (Circleville Herald, 12 Dec 2022, reprinting the SoS announcement); the exact 2022 certification date could not be confirmed because ohiosos.gov was blocked (HTTP 403 on 2026-09-25). A recount is ordered by the Secretary of State when the margin in a district race is less than one-half of one per cent of the total vote (R.C. 3515.011); a losing candidate may apply within five days after the board of the district's most populous county declares the results (R.C. 3515.02). Elections to Congress are not subject to an Ohio election contest; contests follow federal law (R.C. 3515.08(A))."
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            "citation": "Polls open at 6:30 a.m. and close at 7:30 p.m. (R.C. 3501.32; also stated in the Franklin County 2026 General Election proclamation); all of Ohio is Eastern time, so polls close at 7:30 PM EST = 00:30 UTC on 4 Nov, though voters in line at closing may still vote. Since Senate Bill 293 (136th General Assembly, effective 20 Mar 2026), absentee ballots must reach the board of elections by the close of the polls (R.C. 3509.05(D)); the former grace period for mailed ballots postmarked before election day no longer appears in the current text. Late-arriving uniformed-services and overseas ballots received through the fourth day after the election are still counted, on the fifth day (R.C. 3511.11(B)), and provisional voters have four days to supply missing information (R.C. 3505.183). The window closes at 6:00 AM EST on 4 Nov: an estimate of when the overnight count stops moving, not a published time. Precedent: Franklin County released its unofficial 2024 general election totals on the morning after polling day (board press release, 6 Nov 2024). All 15 seats are elected on the congressional district plan adopted by the Ohio Redistricting Commission on 31 Oct 2025 (the commission's adopted 'Congressional Redistricting Plan', 15 districts), which replaced the 2022 map for this election.",
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            "citation": "Polls open at 6:30 a.m. and close at 7:30 p.m. (R.C. 3501.32; also stated in the Franklin County 2026 General Election proclamation); all of Ohio is Eastern time, so polls close at 7:30 PM EST = 00:30 UTC on 4 Nov, though voters in line at closing may still vote. Since Senate Bill 293 (136th General Assembly, effective 20 Mar 2026), absentee ballots must reach the board of elections by the close of the polls (R.C. 3509.05(D)); the former grace period for mailed ballots postmarked before election day no longer appears in the current text. Late-arriving uniformed-services and overseas ballots received through the fourth day after the election are still counted, on the fifth day (R.C. 3511.11(B)), and provisional voters have four days to supply missing information (R.C. 3505.183). The window closes at 6:00 AM EST on 4 Nov: an estimate of when the overnight count stops moving, not a published time. Precedent: Franklin County released its unofficial 2024 general election totals on the morning after polling day (board press release, 6 Nov 2024). The Senate seat is a special election for the unexpired term ending 3 Jan 2029 (Franklin County 2026 General Election candidate list, revised 22 Sep 2026).",
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            "citation": "Polls open at 6:30 a.m. and close at 7:30 p.m. (R.C. 3501.32; also stated in the Franklin County 2026 General Election proclamation); all of Ohio is Eastern time, so polls close at 7:30 PM EST = 00:30 UTC on 4 Nov, though voters in line at closing may still vote. Since Senate Bill 293 (136th General Assembly, effective 20 Mar 2026), absentee ballots must reach the board of elections by the close of the polls (R.C. 3509.05(D)); the former grace period for mailed ballots postmarked before election day no longer appears in the current text. Late-arriving uniformed-services and overseas ballots received through the fourth day after the election are still counted, on the fifth day (R.C. 3511.11(B)), and provisional voters have four days to supply missing information (R.C. 3505.183). The window closes at 6:00 AM EST on 4 Nov: an estimate of when the overnight count stops moving, not a published time. Precedent: Franklin County released its unofficial 2024 general election totals on the morning after polling day (board press release, 6 Nov 2024). Governor and Lieutenant Governor are elected jointly for a full term.",
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