Morgan County voters are in the final week of early in-person voting for the Nov. 3 general election, with the county Board of Elections in McConnelsville open late Tuesday, Oct. 27, and a last weekend of voting still ahead before the early-voting window closes Sunday, Nov. 1.
Early voting takes place only at the Morgan County Board of Elections, 155 E. Main St., Room 157, in McConnelsville, according to the Ohio Secretary of State’s early-voting directory. Tuesday is the longest early-voting day on the calendar: the board is open from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., matching the statewide schedule set by the Ohio Secretary of State. The board’s office can be reached at 740-962-3116.
Hours stay extended through the rest of the week. The board is open from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, through Friday, Oct. 30, then from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 31, and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 1, the final day of early in-person voting. There is no early voting on Monday, Nov. 2, the day before Election Day.
Tuesday also carries a deadline for voters who want to vote by mail. Absentee ballot applications must be received by the board of elections by 8:30 p.m. on Oct. 27, according to the Ohio Secretary of State’s 2026 voting schedule. Voters who already have a mail ballot must return it so it is received by the board by 7:30 p.m. on Election Day, Nov. 3, or hand-deliver it to the board by that time.
Statewide, early turnout is already substantial. Figures from the Ohio Secretary of State’s election dashboard, covering ballots through Oct. 23, show 1,240,470 early ballots issued across Ohio, with 922,793 returned, including 527,760 ballots cast in person, The Columbus Dispatch reported from the dashboard. Early in-person voting began Oct. 6 and runs through Nov. 1 in every Ohio county on the same uniform hours.
Morgan County ballots include Ohio’s statewide races, statewide Issue 3, the proposed constitutional amendment on photo identification, and local contests and issues across McConnelsville and the county’s townships and villages. Voters can preview their own sample ballot through the Board of Elections before heading to the board office.
For voters who wait until Election Day, polls across Morgan County will be open Tuesday, Nov. 3, from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., and voters must go to their assigned precinct polling place that day rather than the board office. Anyone still in line when polls close at a voting session is permitted to vote.
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