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0000017a-3b40-d913-abfe-bf44a4f90000Howard Wilkinson joined the WVXU news team as the politics reporter and columnist in April 2012 , after 30 years of covering local, state and national politics for The Cincinnati Enquirer. On this page, you will find his weekly column, Politically Speaking; the Monday morning political chats with News Director Maryanne Zeleznik and other news coverage by Wilkinson. A native of Dayton, Ohio, Wilkinson has covered every Ohio gubernatorial race since 1974, as well as 16 presidential nominating conventions. Along with politics, Wilkinson also covered the 2001 Cincinnati race riots, the Lucasville prison riot in 1993, the Air Canada plane crash at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport in 1983, and the 1997 Ohio River flooding. And, given his passion for baseball, you might even find some stories about the Cincinnati Reds here from time to time.

Today is final day for voter registration in Ohio

Today is the deadline for Ohioans to register to vote in the Nov. 5  general election.

Voter registration forms can be downloaded at MyOhioVote.com, a website operated by Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted, and are available from local boards of elections and other designated agencies, such as public libraries and offices of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles.

If voters have moved since the last election, they should act today to update their voting addresses online at MyOhioVote.com.

Voters have until Saturday, Nov. 2 to request an absentee ballot by mail, either at MyOhioVote.com or through their county boards of elections. You can also look up your polling place at these websites.

More information on voter registration and early voting can be found at the board of elections websites in southwest Ohio:

Hamilton County

Butler County

Clermont County

Warren County

Polls are open on Nov. 5 from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Voters must bring a valid ID. Forms of valid IDs are available at MyOhioVote.com.

Howard Wilkinson is in his 50th year of covering politics on the local, state and national levels.