Votes due Saturday on Ohio statue in U.S. Capitol

By MARC KOVAC

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COLUMBUS

About 15,000 ballots have been submitted by Ohioans hoping to select the subject of a new statue that will represent the state in Washington, D.C., and Ohio Historical Society officials expect the final count to top 20,000 after this weekend’s voting deadline.

Kim Schuette, spokeswoman for the Ohio Historical Society, said votes can be cast through the end of the day Saturday for the next famous figure who will represent Ohio in the National Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol. Museums and other sites around the state must turn in all of their ballots by the end of next week.

“Some voting locations have sent us ballots periodically, but some of them are going to return everything altogether,” Schuette said, adding, “We really want to try to get people to vote before Saturday. This is their one chance to say who they want to have represent Ohio.”

Each state has two statues in the Capitol in Washington, D.C. (images and information on each are available online at www.aoc.gov).

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