The U.S. government has used the property since the 1960s but in 2007 the Air Force decided it didn't need it anymore and began preparing to return it.
Ohio’s new election law shortens the window for mailed ballots to be received. Three other states made similar changes, according to Voting Rights Lab.
Asked if there have been any major hiccups or technical glitches, Army Undersecretary Gabe Camarillo said: "None that I’ve been made aware of. At all."
Republicans say the information is needed right away in their investigations into missteps leading up to the U.S. military withdrawal from that country.
