Target Not Reached

Voter Registration

- All are valued, respected and heard
Strategic Priorities
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    9.1 Promote awareness of voting rights and registration
    - All are valued, respected and heard
About this measure

Measures reported on this page show the total number of registered voters in Cuyahoga County, the percent of the eligible population registered to vote, and total voter registrations from customers of Cuyahoga County agencies.

Data are reported by the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections (CCBOE) on a quarterly basis.
Why is this important?

The Charter of Cuyahoga County gives County government the charge to protect the right to vote and undertake measures to promote voter registration. In addition to providing comprehensive voter services and transparent elections, Cuyahoga County is committed to making voter registration easy and accessible to everyone. Every voice matters and through regular tracking of voter registration data it can be seen how efforts to help residents learn more about the importance of voting and make the process more accessible are impacting voter registration numbers.
How are we making an impact?

In Q3-21, the Voter Participation Center (VPC) and Center for Voter Information (CVI) conducted a mailer that went out to 87,854 people that were not registered in the voter registration database. In particular, the mailer goes to those that are:

  1. unregistered young people who will be eligible to vote in the upcoming elections for the first time;
  2. voters who have recently moved and have not re-registered or updated their voter registration records; and
  3. others who are unregistered in the voting age population

Community partners and volunteers combined efforts with the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections (BOE) and Cleveland VOTES to provide nonpartisan voter registration during National Voter Registration Day (NVRD) on Tuesday, September 28. NVRD events were held from September 25 through October 1 throughout Cuyahoga County. For more information about the Cuyahoga County BOE's involvement with NVRD, please visit the BOE website about NVRD.

In accordance with Directive 2021-19: 2021 General Voter Records Maintenance Program, the BOE mailed notices to 138,114 voters regarding their voter registration status in Q3-21. There are two parts of Ohio’s implementation of the general voter records maintenance program: 

  1. The NCOA Process, which is triggered when a voter record appears in the United States Postal Service (“USPS”) NCOA database, indicating that the voter associated with that record likely moved since the records were last compared, and may need to update their voter registration with the current voting residence address. Under state law, the Secretary of State matches voter records in the Statewide Voter Registration Database against the NCOA database to compile the data for the NCOA process.
  2.  The Supplemental Process, which is triggered by a voter’s inactivity during a fixed period of time, generally two years. This process seeks to identify electors whose lack of voter-initiated activity indicates they may have moved, even though their names did not appear as a part of the NCOA process. County boards of elections use voter activity in their local voter registration system to compile the data for the supplemental process. 

After receipt of this notice, voters can either confirm or update their address with the BOE.

During Q3-21, the Cuyahoga County BOE conducted and certified two elections (Results):

  1. August 3, 2021 (Special Congressional Primary Election): 75,091 ballots cast
  2. September 14, 2021 (Primary Election): 58,437 ballots cast
Additional Resources
Community Indicator
Registered Voters - Comparative Analysis
Comparative Analysis: Voter Registration - Registered Voters
Registered Voters (Comparative Analysis)
Bar chart with 9 data series.
Bar chart shows the number of registered voters in 2020 in comparative counties. Cuyahoga: 882,421 Allegheny: 942,849 Franklin: 882,623 Montgomery: 372,164 Hillsborough: 934,346 Hamilton: 600,401 Lucas: 287,099 Marion: 670,086 Summit: 379,950
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Community Indicator
Percent of Eligible Population Registered - Comparative Analysis
Comparative Analysis: Voter Registration - Percent of Eligible Voters Registered
Percent of Eligible Population Registered (Comparative Analysis)
Bar chart with 9 data series.
Bar chart shows the percent of eligible voters registered to vote in comparative counties in 2019. Cuyahoga: 90.21% Allegheny: 100.46%% Franklin: 84.57% Montgomery: 88.13% Hillsborough: 84.63% Hamilton: 94.78% Lucas: 88.56% Marion: 94.09% Summit: 86.74%
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Performance Target

New Registrations - County Executive Agencies (Annual): 1,368

New Registrations - All Agencies (Annual): 1,602

Registered Voters (Annual): 887,000

% of Eligible Adult Population Registered to Vote (Annual): 89.96%
New Voter Registrations - Quarterly Performance
New Voter Registrations (by Quarter)
Bar chart with 2 data series.
Bar chart shows the number of new voter registrations by quarter from customers of all Cuyahoga County agencies and from those agencies under the authority of the County Executive. See data table for details.
The chart has 1 X axis displaying categories.
The chart has 1 Y axis displaying values. Range: 0 to 400.
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New Voter Registrations - Annual Performance
New Voter Registrations (by Year)
Bar chart with 2 data series.
Bar chart shows the number of new voter registrations by year from customers of all Cuyahoga County agencies and from those agencies under the authority of the County Executive. See data table for details.
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The chart has 1 Y axis displaying values. Range: 0 to 3000.
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Percent of Eligible Population Registered to Vote - Quarterly Performance
Percent of Cuyahoga County Eligible Population Registered to Vote (by Quarter)
Bar chart with 4 bars.
Bar chart shows the percent of the eligible population in Cuyahoga County registered to vote by quarter. See data table for details.
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Percent of Eligible Population Registered to Vote - Annual Performance
Percent of Cuyahoga County Eligible Population Registered to Vote (By Year)
Bar chart with 3 bars.
Bar chart shows the percent of the eligible population in Cuyahoga County registered to vote by year. See data table for details.
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The chart has 1 Y axis displaying values. Range: 0 to 100.
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Attachments
  • Cuyahoga County Voter Registration (Q3-21 Data Table).xlsx
Data Source

Cuyahoga County

Cuyahoga County Board of Elections; American Community Survey Demographic and Housing Estimates

  • Month of update: November, with a 1-year lag.
  • Census year data is reported by the U.S. Census Bureau (P1) (P2).

Comparative Analysis

County Board of Elections Data; American Community Survey Demographic and Housing Estimates

  • Month of update: November, with a 1-year lag.

Data table abbreviated due to number of measures.  See Attachments for full data table.  
Measure Data
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Period Status Registered Voters Registered Voters - Target % of Eligible Adult Population Registered - Actual % of Eligible Adult Population Registered - Target New Registrations from Exec Agencies - Actual New Registrations from Exec Agencies - YTD New Registrations from Exec Agencies - Target New Registrations from County Agencies - Actual New Registrations from County Agencies - YTD New Registrations from County Agencies - Target
2016 Not Defined 874,679
2017 Not Defined 886,470 89.80% 1,751 1,751 1,895 1,895
Q1-18 Not Defined 885,003 89.60% 421 421 453 453
Q2-18 Not Defined 888,754 90.00% 505 926 552 1,005
Q3-18 Not Defined 892,372 90.40% 343 1,269 383 1,388
Q4-18 Not Defined 907,694 91.90% 547 1,816 669 2,057
Q1-19 Not Defined 876,220 88.70% 385 385 405 405
Q2-19 Not Defined 877,455 88.99% 375 760 419 824
Q3-19 Not Defined 877,256 88.97% 405 1,165 465 1,289
Q4-19 Making Progress Toward Target 851,566 900,000 86.37% 419 1,584 506 1,795
Q1-20 Making Progress Toward Target 858,045 861,000 87.03% 87.32% 336 336 403 406 406 429
Q2-20 Making Progress Toward Target 861,633 870,000 87.86% 88.24% 225 561 843 241 647 915
Q3-20 Making Progress Toward Target 881,547 880,000 89.89% 89.25% 330 891 1,217 388 1,035 1,339
Q4-20 Making Progress Toward Target 882,421 892,000 89.98% 90.47% 261 1,152 1,700 373 1,408 1,927
Q1-21 Target Not Reached 879,925 881,964 89.24% 89.96% 184 184 316 185 185 406
Q2-21 Making Progress Toward Target 879,620 883,631 89.21% 89.45% 233 417 661 242 427 736
Q3-21 Target Not Reached 877,201 885,316 88.97% 89.62% 222 639 1,029 242 669 1,163
Q4-21 Not Defined 887,000 89.96% 639 1,368 669 1,602