Early voting begins in the battleground state of Ohio
(2 Oct 2012) AP TELEVISION Columbus, Ohio - October 1, 2012 ++NIGHT SHOTS++ 1. Tilt down from voting sign to people camping out 2. Various people waiting in the rain AP TELEVISION Columbus, Ohio - October 2, 2012 ++DAY SHOTS++ 3. Various people chanting before voting begins "O-H, I-O. Fired up, ready to go. O-H, I-O Fired up, ready to vote." 4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ilhan Dahir, Ohio State University Student who was first in line to vote: "It was important to me. As a student and as a woman, I think this election is really important . .." 5. Mid pan, voters outside counting down as doors open and walk in 6. Various voters getting absentee ballot paperwork checked 7. Mid, people in line 8. Mid, close-up people voting 9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ben Piscitilli, Franklin County Ohio Board of Elections Spokesman: ++INCLUDES CUTAWAY OF WOMAN VOTING++ "We had about 270,000 people request absentee ballots four years ago. We would expect something similar to that this year." AP TELEVISION Columbus, Ohio - October 1, 2012 ++DAY SHOTS++ 10. Wide, close-up Republican volunteers making phone calls 11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Matt Borges, Executive Director, Ohio Republican Party: "I continue to use the term 'election day'. There really isn't any such thing in Ohio any more, it is an election month." 12. Wide, mid view of Columbus city skyline 13. Wide, Professor Paul Beck working in his office 14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Professor Paul Beck, Political analyst, Ohio State University: "The people who take the advantage of early voting are the partisans, the ones that already know how they are going to vote. They've probably known for months how they were going to vote. People who are undecided are much more inclined to wait to see how the campaign rolls out ..." 15. Various, students walking on campus at Ohio State University 16. Mid, close-up Republican volunteers looking at absentee ballot request data Pool - AP Clients Only FILE: Toledo, Ohio - September 26, 2012 ++DAY SHOTS++ 17. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mitt Romney, Republican presidential candidate: "I believe in America and I believe in you, I believe you are going to help me win Ohio, I'll tell you that, all right?" Pool - AP Clients Only FILE: Kent State, Ohio - September 26, 2012 ++DAY SHOTS++ 18. SOUNDBITE: (English) Barack Obama, U.S. President: "You are probably aware that there is an election going on right now in Ohio." AP TELEVISION Columbus, Ohio - October 2, 2012 ++DAY SHOTS++ 19. Pan woman walking carrying child, going to vote 20. Close-up people voting STORYLINE: Eager American presidential voters in the critical swing state of Ohio got the chance to exercise the power of the ballot box Tuesday, as the state's early voting process got under way. In Franklin County, Ohio, where the state capital Columbus is located, some young Democrats determined to have their vote counted despite the soggy conditions camped out overnight in front of the county Board of Elections. Once the sun came up on Tuesday, more voters had gathered to count down the opening of Ohio's polls. First in line was Ilhan Dahir, a student from Hilliard, Ohio. "It was important to me," she said, "as a student and as a woman, I think this election is really important." Tuesday is more than a month before the traditional election day in the United States, the first Tuesday in November. Once prospective voters' identification was checked, hundreds of Ohio residents took advantage of the state's early voting and cast their ballots. "We would expect something similar to that this year." Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
