First Place, Election 2020 - Kareem Elgazzar / The Cincinnati Enquirer, “Election Day 2020”Voters use physically distanced booths, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, at the Mount Washington Recreation Center polling location in Cincinnati.
Second Place, Election 2020 - Laura Bilson / Ohio University, “Election Anxiety”Cassie Cotter and Aleah Tober hold each other as they watch CNN's post-election coverage in Cotter's home in Athens, Nov. 5, 2020. Cotter has waited anxiously for the 2020 Presidential Election results to come in, keeping a handwritten chart of the electoral college results in each state. Cotter said the stress of not knowing was mentally exhausting. "It really hasn't been good for my mental health," says Cotter. "Aleah's really great at trying to keep my mind off it though."
Third Place, Election 2020 - Gaelen Morse / Ohio University, “Bloomberg Campaign”A young Bloomberg Campaign volunteer looks out at protestors with a grimace from the campaign office in Athens.
Award of Excellence, Election 2020 - Rebecca Benson / The Blade, “Dancing ”Annalise Ramirez, 5, dances as she waits for her mom Amanda to finish voting at Washington Local Schools Administration Building in Toledo on November 3, 2020.