WYSO Today: November 2, 2026

By Mike Frazier

Published November 2, 2026 at 8:02 AM EST

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Below the Montgomery County (Ohio) Board of Election office, absentee ballots wait in a locked cage until they are counted on election night after polls close at 7:30 p.m. — Absentee ballots wait in a locked cage at an Ohio Board of Election office. Three counties in Ohio will be visited by election monitors from the U.S. Department of Justice.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio. Three Ohio counties are expecting a visit from federal election monitors; RTA will once again provide free rides to the polls on Election Day, and innovators from Dayton will be honored by the Engineering and Science Hall of Fame.

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Mike Frazier

A chance meeting with a volunteer in a college computer lab in 1987 brought Mike Frazier to WYSO. He is a lifelong Daytonian and the host of Morning Edition.

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