This year marks mid-term elections in much of the country including Ohio.
Ohio is voting for a new governor as well as all the state-wide executive positions. Also, there is a U.S. Senate race that could help determine the control of Congress. And all of the state's 15 Congressional Districts are on the ballot.
Plus, the entire Ohio House and half of the Ohio Senate and two Ohio Supreme Court seats are also on the ballot.
A complete list of early voting centers throughout the state is available through the Ohio Secretary of State's website.
Important Dates:
March
- March 20: Military and overseas absentee voting begins
April
- April 6: Deadline to register to vote. Boards of elections and the Ohio Secretary of State's office are open until 9 p.m.
- April 7: Absentee voting by mail begins
- April 7: Early in-person voting begins
- April 28: Absentee ballot applications must be received by your board of elections by 8:30 p.m.
May
- May 5: Primary/Special Election Day: Polls are open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
- May 5: Absentee ballots may be returned by mail or personally delivered to your county board of elections. Absentee ballots must be received by your board of elections by 7:30 p.m.
Early in-person voting hours
- April 7 to 10: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- April 13 to 17: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- April 20 to 24: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- April 27: 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
- April 28: 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
- April 29 to May 1: 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
- May 2: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- May 3: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Do I Need Voter ID?
The following are all the types of valid photo identification:
- Ohio driver's license
- State of Ohio ID card
- Interim ID form issued by the Ohio BMV
- A U.S. passport
- A U.S. passport card
- U.S. military ID card
- Ohio National Guard ID card
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs ID card
All photo IDs must have the following:
- An expiration date that has not passed
- A photograph of the voter
- The voter’s name, which must substantially conform to the voter’s name as it appears in the Poll List or in the Poll Book
Check the entire list of acceptable IDs here.
If you do not bring an acceptable form of ID, or if your eligibility is in question because you moved or changed your name, but didn't update your registration, you can still vote using a provisional ballot.
Voting provisionally simply means that election officials need to double-check your eligibility. To do so, you must visit the Board of Elections within four days after Election Day to provide that identification, so your vote can be counted in the final election totals. Election officials are also required to attempt to contact voters by mail, phone or email to resolve any issues with their ballots.
What am I voting on?
Statewide Races:
United States Senator:
- Sherrod Brown (D)
- Jon Husted (R)
- Jeffrey M. Kanter (L)
- Ron Kincaid (D)
- William B. Redpath (L)
Governor and Lieutenant Governor:
- Amy Acton, David Pepper (D)
- Heather Hill, Stuart Moats (R)
- Don Kissick, James L. Mills (L)
- Casey Putsch, Kimberly C. Georgeton (R)
- Vivek Ramaswamy, Robert A. McColley (R)
Attorney General:
- Keith Faber (R)
- Elliott Forhan (D)
- John J. Kulewicz (D)
Secretary of State:
- Bryan Hambley (D)
- Tom Pruss (L)
- Allison Russo (D)
- Robert Sprague (R)
- Marcell Strbich (R)
Auditor of State:
- Annette Blackwell (D)
- Frank LaRose (R)
Treasurer of State:
- Jay Edwards (R)
- Kristina D. Roegner (R)
- Seth Walsh (D)
Justice of the Supreme Court:
- Daniel R. Hawkins (R)
- Marilyn Zayas (D)
Justice of the Supreme Court:
- Jennifer Brunner (D)
- Andrew King (R)
- Jill Lanzinger (R)
- Ronald Lewis (R)
- Colleen O'Donnell (R)
Central Ohio statewide races:
U.S. Congress:
3rd District: (Represents central and northeast Franklin County, including the Short North, German Village, the University District, Bexley, Gahanna, Grandview Heights, Upper Arlington, Whitehall and Worthington)
- Joyce Beatty (D)
- Cleophus Dulaney (R)
- Joe Gerard (D)
12th District: (Represents Coshocton, eastern Delaware, Fairfield, Guernsey, central and western Holmes, Knox, Licking, Monroe, Muskingum, and northern Perry counties)
- Jerrad Christian (D)
- Daniel Crawford (D)
- Jason Reynard (D)
- Troy Balderson (R)
15th District: (Represents southern Clark, Fayette, west and southern Franklin, Madison and northern Miami counties)
- Brennan Barrington (L)
- Mike Carey (R)
- Don Leonard (D)
- Adam C. Miller (D)
- Samuel Ronan (R)
Ohio House of Representatives:
1st District: (Represents central Franklin County)
- Dontavius Jarrells (D)
- Christopher Robbins (D)
- Joel A. Greff (R)
2nd District: (Represents eastern Franklin County)
- Michael D. Cole (D)
- Charity Martin King (D)
6th District: (Represents Madison County)
- Christine Cockley (D)
- Matthew Jackson (R)
7th District: (Represents central Franklin County)
- Ukeme Awakessien Jeter (D)
- Michaela Burriss (D)
- William Mercier (R)
- Zach Rossfeld (D)
9th District: (Represents northern Franklin County)
- Munira Yasin Abdullahi (D)
- Bruce Euans (R)
10th District: (Represents southern Franklin County)
- Denise D'Angelo (R)
- Mark Sigrist (D)
11th District: (Represents northwest Franklin County)
- Crystal Lett (D)
- Shawn Kaeser (R)
60th District: (Represents southern Delaware County)
- Peggy Guzzo (R)
- Shelby Kimball (D)
- Brian Lorenz (R)
- Eli Wenzel (D)
68th District: (Represents southwest Licking County)
- Mason Blankenship (D)
- Thad Claggett (R)
69th District: (Represents northern and southeast Licking County)
- Amy Rigsby (D)
- Kevin D. Miller (R)
73rd District: (Represents northern Fairfield County)
- Andrew Foltz (D)
- Jeff Lare (R)
- Whitney Wood (D)
86th District: (Represents Union County)
- Wezlynn Davis (R)
- Kent Halloran (D)
- Ben Weber (R)
- Steven Wolfe (R)
Ohio State Senate:
3rd District: (Represents southern Franklin, Fairfield, Licking, Madison, northern Perry and Pickaway counties)
- Stacie A. Baker (D)
- Michele Reynolds (R)
- Natasha Wheatley Caffrey (D)
15th District: (Represents central Franklin County)
- Latyna M. Humphrey (D)
- Joseph Healy (R)
19th District: (Represents Coshocton, Delaware, Holmes and Knox counties)
- Beth Lear (R)
- Ryan Rivers (R)
- Janet Wagner (D)
25th District: (Represents western Franklin County)
- Jesse Baker (D)
- Bill DeMora (D)
- Don Roberts (R)
For more information on elections in the central Ohio region:
