Whoever said good things come in pairs probably wasn't talking about primaries.We know it was not University of Cincinnati political science professor David Niven, who said Friday, "Splitting the primary in two literally doubles the task for Boards of Elections. There's no savings in this."Polling places will have to open twice. For election staffing, rinse and repeat.There will be double the number of sample ballots and absentee mailings. The exact cost involved hasn't been calculated, only estimated. It would run anywhere from $15 million to $25 million or more."In the history of wasted tax dollars, this is going to go down in, you know, in the Hall of Fame," Niven said.The uncertainty about whether the primary would be rescheduled cleared up late this afternoon when Secretary of State Frank LaRose sent word to 88 county Boards of Elections to mail ballots to overseas military personnel.He had waited as long as he could in case the General Assembly decided to act.But minus any emergency authorization from them, the time came to set the May 3 primary in motion. Voters will need to show up twice this time.On the May 3 ballot, races involving candidates for governor, U. S. Senate, U. S. House, and other state and local contests will appear.Ohio legislative races, the state school board and political party central committee contests will be on a later, special primary ballot.Ken Perica, a West Side voter who has been tracking the map-making mess, allowed he was pretty disgusted by the outcome."Our elected officials should be ashamed of themselves for getting in this state that we're at. It's all about compromising," he said.According to LaRose, the most important and immediate aspect now is to get accurate information in front of voters so they can make sound decisions.He emphasized people who are not registered have until the close of business Monday to register to vote. In-person early voting and absentee voting is set to start next Tuesday."We're going to notify the Boards late today that they should go forward with getting those absentee ballots out for military personnel and that they should be ready for voters to start arriving on April 5 for early voting," LaRose said. "And that really means that the election is underway."It also means there would be a second period of registration which would open thirty days prior to whenever the special primary occurs."And so, let's say that you move into a new house in July," LaRose said. "You're going to want to change your registration. You're gonna want to do that before the registration window closes."There is no guarantee that there would be acceptable maps for whenever primary part two is held."Where we're heading right now is complete uncertainty about what the districts will be," Niven said. "So, what this move does is buy time. It's not actually a solution. It's a stopgap."Niven labeled it "a recipe for voter confusion and voter exhaustion."It would be up to the General Assembly to determine the date for a second primary.Because of summer vacation plans, there is pronounced concern about the impact a split primary would have on turnout."Every taxpayer is going to pay for a double election," Niven said. "Every voter is going to pay a certain confusion and uncertainty tax in terms of the effort they're going to have to go to know when these elections are, which races are on which ballot."Commitment from voters will be tested.Teresa Leming of Montgomery stopped Friday to consider three trips to the polls within about a six-month time frame."But, you know, I feel it's important," she said.