Students looking to cast their votes in Tuesday’s election need to know where to go to make a difference.

Terry Burton, deputy director of the Wood County Board of Elections, said the county is divided geographically into precincts by the four-member board in each county, which is composed of two Democrats and two Republicans.

Burton said the Board tries to make the precincts adhere to the city ward lines to try and ensure that people of similar groups vote together.

“We also try to consider school district lines, city lines and things like that,” Burton said.

On-campus students will be voting in two different wards, 1st Ward and 3rd Ward.

Burton said this is because of a case in Student Legal Services several years ago, where it was argued the number of students gave the 1st Ward a larger number of voters than the other three.

“What came out of the case was a requirement that the city re-look at their ward lines,” Burton said. “When they did, they basically drew that far eastern part of campus into the 3rd Ward of the city.”

The difference this makes in the voting process is the fact that the two wards vote on different candidates for city council, while at-large candidates such as the mayor would be voted on by both. The issues that are voted on remain the same across the wards.

If students are already registered to vote somewhere in Ohio, they are able to go to the precinct based on where they live and vote on a provisional ballot.

“By voting that, they are changing their voting registration to Wood County,” Burton said.

People can check and see where they can go to vote by going to the Secretary of State’s Online Polling Location Look-Up.