Voting day for the August special election is here, and Boards of Elections in all three counties in the Mahoning Valley are reporting a very strong turnout.

Voters across the Valley are gathering at polling places to cast their vote on one item on the ballot: Issue 1.

If passed, Issue 1 would make it more difficult to amend Ohio's constitution by requiring a 60% supermajority instead of the 50% plus one majority rule that is currently in place.

Additionally, petition-based initiatives would require signatures from all 88 counties in Ohio as opposed to the current requirement of 44 counties.

Mahoning County Board of Elections Director, Tom McCabe tells 21 News that election day has been nothing but smooth so far stating that the county has more than enough poll workers and that the only problem the board has is needing to tell voters they can't use the Board of Elections building as a place to vote.

McCabe says voter turnout is abnormally high for an August special election, telling 21 News that turnout is about four times higher than last year's August special election.

By the end of the day, McCabe expects a 25% to 30% turnout.

Trumbull County Board of Elections Deputy Director, Stephanie Penrose tells 21 News she expects an even higher percentage of voters predicting a final turnout of 35% to 40%.

As it stands, Trumbull County is at a 9.3% voter turnout, which is close to topping the turnout for last year's August special election. Last year's total turnout was 11.68% according to Penrose.

Columbiana County Board of Elections Deputy Director, Bryce Miner predicts a similar total turnout of between 30% and 40% and says he'd compare the voter turnout in the county to that of an odd year general election as opposed to an August special election.

Both Trumbull and Columbiana Counties tell us they are adequately staffed with poll workers, but Penrose tells us Trumbull County could have benefited from extra to assist during lunch breaks.

Ohio voters have until 7:30 p.m. to cast their ballots. Penrose says that due to high voter turnout, there may be long lines, so voters are asked to be patient and have their IDs ready.