November 08, 2011 General Election Event date: 11/8/2011 Address: Polls open: 6:30 AM - 7:30 PM View Results Official Certification Report Amended Certification Report Post Election Information (Including Recount Information) (SOS Directive 2011-37) Election Profile Sample Ballots Vote by Mail Requests and Returns by City Vote By Mail Labels Vote By Mail Application Candidates List Issue List List of Polling Locations Notices of Election Filing Deadlines – All filing deadlines are at 4:00 p.m. 05/02/2011 - Independent Candidate petitions: Berea Judicial; Garfield Hts. Judicial; Lyndhurst Judicial; Newburgh Hts.; Parma; Parma Judicial; Rocky River Judicial; Shaker Heights Judicial 06/21/2011 - Candidate Petitions: Bedford Charter Review Commission 06/30/2011 - Candidate Petitions: Cleveland Judicial; Brook Park & Rocky River Independent Candidates 08/10/2011 - Issues and Local Options 08/10/2011 - Candidate Petitions: All Board of Education; Bedford, East Cleveland & Euclid Judicial; & 28 municipalities 08/25/2011 - Candidate Petitions: Beachwood; Brooklyn Hts.; Chagrin Falls Village; Parma Hts.; South Euclid; South Euclid Judicial 08/26/2011 - Protest against candidate and local option petitions 08/29/2011 - Candidate Write-in (refer to charter and/or Ohio Revised Code for specific rules) 09/02/2011 - Protest against write-in candidates 09/09/2011 - Charter Amendments 09/09/2011 - Candidate Petitions: Cleveland Hts.; Cleveland Hts. Judicial; Glenwillow; Independence; Olmsted Falls; University Hts.; Warrensville Hts. 10/19/2011 - Petition to be Recognized as Committee to Appoint Observers for an Issue or Question 10/27/2011 - Pre-General Election Campaign Finance Report (Close of books 10/19/2011) 10/28/2011 - Notice of Appointment of Observers 11/07/2011 - Amendment of Notice of Appointment of Observers 12/16/2011 - Post-General Election Campaign Finance Report (Close of books 12/9/2011) Voter Deadlines 09/21/2011 Vote by Mail application will be mailed (tentative) 09/24/2011 - UOCAVA absentee ballots to be mailed 10/04/2011 - Opening of Vote by Mail (Absentee) voting 10/11/2011 - Close of registration 11/04/2011 - 4:30 pm. Voting in person at Board of Election ends 11/05/2011 12:00 noon - Deadline for applications by mail for an absentee ballot to be mailed 11/07/2011 - All Vote by Mail / Absentee ballots mailed anywhere in the U.S. must be postmarked on or before this date and received at the Board of Elections on or before November 18, 2011 in order to be counted. 11/08/2011 - 6:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. - Election Day - Provisional voting at the Board of Elections 11/08/2011 - All Vote by Mail / Absentee ballots returned in person must be received at the Board of Elections by 7:30 p.m. in order to be counted. 11/08/2011 - All overseas Vote by Mail ballots must be postmarked on or before this date and received on or before November 18, 2011 in order to be counted.