PORTSMOUTH, Ohio — Scioto County voters have one early-voting session left — Sunday, November 1, from 1 to 5 p.m. — before polls open across the county on Election Day, Tuesday, November 3, for the 2026 general election.
Early in-person voting for this election is held at the Scioto County Board of Elections, 602 Seventh Street, Room 105, in Portsmouth, according to the board’s page at boe.ohio.gov. The board lists its phone number as 740-353-4178 and regular office hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday; the special early-voting hours are set by the Ohio Secretary of State’s uniform statewide schedule. Saturday’s final full early-voting day ran 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and there is no early voting on Monday, November 2.
On Election Day, Tuesday, November 3, Scioto County voters vote at their own assigned polling places — not at the board office — with polls open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. statewide. Voters can confirm their polling place and view a sample ballot for their precinct through the board’s ballot lookup tools and at VoteOhio.gov, and should bring an accepted photo ID, such as an Ohio driver’s license or state ID card, a U.S. passport or a military ID.
The county ballot carries two county commissioner races and a Portsmouth street levy among its local questions, alongside the statewide races every Ohio voter will decide: governor and lieutenant governor, attorney general, auditor, secretary of state, treasurer, two Ohio Supreme Court seats, a U.S. Senate seat, and statewide Issue 3, the proposed photo ID constitutional amendment.
One deadline matters most for voters still holding a mail ballot: absentee ballots must be received by the board of elections by 7:30 p.m. on Election Day, November 3 — under Ohio’s current law there is no post-Election Day grace period for most ballots. At this point the board and the Secretary of State advise dropping a completed ballot off in person at 602 Seventh Street rather than mailing it.
What happens next: early voting closes Sunday at 5 p.m., and Scioto County polls open Tuesday at 6:30 a.m. and close at 7:30 p.m., when unofficial results begin posting through the board of elections and the Ohio Secretary of State.
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