Nightly News   |  November 05, 2012

Early voting ends in Ohio

By 2 p.m. on Monday all of Ohio’s early voters had cast their ballots, with some people showing up in below-freezing temperatures to secure their place in line. NBC’s John Yang reports from Cincinnati, Ohio.

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>>> now, to what is widely believed to be the most important single prize tomorrow night. that is the state of ohio, john yang is in cincinnati , good evening, john.

>> reporter: good evening, brian earning early voting ended here at 2:00 this afternoon, after some very long lines in places like cleveland, columbus, and right here in cincinnati . at the county board of elections, people waited in lines, hundreds waited in line for up to three hours to vote. the first people showed up in sub-freezing temperatures hours before the office opened. now, the obama campaign has been pushing early voting here, so campaign workers were on hand with food and drink for the people in line. across ohio, 1.6 million ballots have already been cast. that is about 30% of the total turnout in the last presidential election . brian?

>> all right, john yang , from cincinnati tonight. john, thank you,