Good morning, Toledo — it’s 6 AM, the polls are OPEN, and this is your Morning Briefing. It’s Election Day in Ohio, and we’ve got the two biggest stories of the morning plus everything you missed overnight.

🗳️ IT’S ELECTION DAY: Ohio Votes TODAY: Ramaswamy’s 4-City Blitz vs. Acton’s Poll Lead — What’s on Your Ballot — Ramaswamy closed with a four-city sweep (Toledo → Erie County → Cleveland → Cincinnati) promising to fight “starting on Wednesday morning,” while Acton closed with Sherrod Brown in Columbus pitching school funding and tax breaks for working Ohioans. The polls? They can’t agree — Atlas has Acton up 7.9, Marist has her up 7, but Echelon has Ramaswamy ahead 47–45. Turnout decides it. Polls are open now.

📺 VIRAL MOMENT: He Confessed to Being a Traitor on Live TV — and Reality TV May Never Recover — James Acaster looked host Michael Sheen in the eye on BBC’s Celebrity Traitors and confessed he was a Traitor, banishing himself. Richard Osman called it “a hand grenade” and says producers will never let it happen again. Sebastian Croft and Romesh Ranganathan took the £83,000 as Faithfuls.

🌙 OVERNIGHT ON TOLEDO BUZZ:

• Lucas County Early Voting More Than Doubled From 2022 Turnout — Ohio shattered records too. The lines before Election Day told the story.
• Flock Cameras Sabotaged Across Lucas County — Right as Toledo Votes on Their Future — cameras vandalized days before the vote on their fate.
• 4 Kids Found in Deplorable Conditions at Port Lawrence Apartments — Toledo Mom Facing 4 Counts — a disturbing overnight story out of east Toledo.
• Lenny Kravitz Was NOT on the Doomed Learjet — His Team Sets the Record Straight — the sick viral rumor, debunked.
• Car Launches From Hospital Parking Lot Into Pizza Shop Driveway — Driver Hurt — a wild West Toledo crash scene.

The day’s just getting started, Toledo. Polls are open, results roll in tonight, and we’ll be here all day with updates. Now go vote — then send this briefing to someone who still needs a nudge. ☕🗳️

Featured image: the Ohio Statehouse dome in Columbus. Photo: Riis2602, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.