Smoking issue turns out voters

Cathy Rohrscheib of Oakley said the smoking issue was a big reason she came out to vote – at a polling place located in a bowling alley – on Tuesday.

“This election has really been a pain in the butt because of all the phone calls,” she said, declining to say who she voted for.

Lisa Tessel, 55, of Blue Ash, also said the smoking issue was a big reason she wanted to vote Tuesday. She also wanted to vote on a local tax levy for the community.

On the federal races?

“Change to a more Democratic platform,” she said, explaining that she cast votes for Democrats Ted Strickland for governor, Sherrod Brown for U.S. Senate and Victoria Wulsin for U.S. House.