Early in-person voting begins Tuesday, October 6, across Ohio, opening a four-week window for voters to cast ballots ahead of the November 3 general election.
County boards of elections will be open October 6 through 9 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., with hours expanding in the final weeks to include evenings, two Saturdays, and the Sunday before Election Day. Early voting runs through November 1. Absentee voting by mail also begins October 6, and ballot applications must reach county boards by 8:30 p.m. on October 27.
Monday, October 5, is the deadline to register to vote or update a registration. Ohio voters will decide the governor’s race between Republican Vivek Ramaswamy and Democrat Amy Acton, the U.S. Senate race between Republican Jon Husted and Democrat Sherrod Brown, plus congressional, legislative, and local races and ballot issues. Sample ballots are available through the Ohio Secretary of State’s office so voters can preview their ballot before heading to the polls.