Primary vote is today

Voters will select candidates to move forward on the Republican and Democrat tickets in today's primary elections. One candidate from each primary will advance to the Nov. 2 general election, where they will face several independent candidates.

Last November, Cuyahoga County voters approved a charter that will elect a county executive and an 11-member council. Polls open at 6:30 a.m. and close at 7:30 p.m. Check the board of elections website to find your local polling location.

Several of our fellow Observer newspapers interviewed candidates for council:

Democrats

Sharon Cole

John Crist

KC Petraitis

Alan Rapoport

Julian Rogers

Barbara Thomas

Danny Williams

Republicans

Matt Brakey

Albert Oberst

A few of the candidates for county executive were also interviewed:

Matt Dolan -R

Edward Fitzgerald -D

Tim McCormack -I

Victor Voinovich -R