In less than a week, the citizens of the United States of America will be hitting the voting booths to select a candidate who will lead this great nation for the next four years. (Unless you already voted early, or said candidate gets impeached at some point.) And in the electoral battleground of Ohio, a couple of the Buckeye State’s biggest sports stars are doing some last-minute stumping.

While Brady Quinn has already courageously did his part for John McCain, LeBron James is rallying to back Barack Obama. CLEVELAND.COM reports that the Cavs star will be hosting a special event at the Quicken Loans Arena tonight to show his support for the Democratic presidential hopeful. Joining LeBron at the Q will be his buddy (and future boss?) Jay-Z. King James hopes tonight’s performance goes better than last night’s.

On the other side of the state, Chad Javon Ocho Cinco Johnson Esq. reportedly had his own special tribute planned for the Illinois senator.

During last Sunday’s game at Houston, the Bengals receiver had a surprise waiting for the fans at Reliant Stadium. From SPORTAPHILE via PFT:

Per a league source, Johnson had a Barack Obama banner stashed in each end zone, which he planned to retrieve and unfurl if he had scored.

Sure that would have gone over well in the Lone Star State. However, Ocho never got his chance, since the Bungals were rolled 35-6 by the Texans. Besides, such an action would likely incur a very hefty fine from the NFL offices. Not that Chad would seem the type to go through with such high-priced stunts.

Ocho may have one more chance to roll out his Obama banner this Sunday when the Bengals host the Jaguars. Make more sense to campaign in your own home state, anyway. But with Carson Palmer on the shelf, Chad’s best banner chance is probably just to go to LeBron’s gig.