The and Ohio has seen a larger turnout through absentee ballot than in the last gubernatorial primary.
It鈥檚 easy to guess that this year鈥檚 hotly contested races for the Republican and Democratic nomination for governor has led to the bigger turnout from voters.
More than 260,000 people cast absentee ballots, either by mail or in-person. That鈥檚 an increase of about 60,000 people compared to 2014, when there weren't any competitive races for either party on the primary ballot.
Democrats, who are deciding among six candidates for governor, cast more than 132,000 ballots, while Republicans, who have races for governor and US Senator on their statewide ballots, cast 113,000 absentee votes.
Absentee ballots are the first to be counted when the polls close. Turnout is .
