Vote ends Saturday for switching Ohio statue at U.S. Capitol

COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohioans have until Saturday to vote for a new statue that will represent their state in the U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall.

That’s when voting ends at the Statehouse in Columbus and at 35 other sites affiliated with the Ohio Historical Society, the Cincinnati Museum Center and the Cleveland-based Western Reserve Historical Society.

Results will be announced in late July.

The state is seeking to replace the statue of William Allen, a 19th century congressman and governor who supported Southern slave owners and portrayed blacks as savages.

Among the finalists: inventor Thomas Edison, athlete Jesse Owens, writer Harriet Beecher Stowe and the Wright brothers.

Ballots also may be downloaded at www.legacyforohio.org and mailed or e-mailed for tabulating.