Darke County voters head to their precinct polling places on Tuesday, Nov. 3, after early in-person voting ended at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 1, according to the Ohio Secretary of State’s voting schedule. There is no early voting on Monday, Nov. 2, and polls on Election Day will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., according to the Secretary of State. The Darke County Board of Elections is in Greenville — voters should note the board lists both 300 Garst Ave. for ballot drop-off, per The Columbus Dispatch’s statewide drop-off list, and 603 Wagner Ave. in the Secretary of State’s early-voting directory — and can be reached at 937-548-1835.
Voters who still hold a vote-by-mail ballot must get it to the Board of Elections by 7:30 p.m. on Election Day for it to count, according to the Secretary of State. Under Ohio’s newer return rule in Senate Bill 293, most absentee ballots no longer have a post-Election Day grace period — they must be received by the close of polls — and Secretary of State Frank LaRose said on Oct. 27 that it might already be too late to mail a ballot and have it arrive in time, The Columbus Dispatch reported. UOCAVA military and overseas ballots must be received by Nov. 7, according to the Secretary of State.
On Election Day, Darke County voters must vote at their assigned precinct polling place and bring an accepted photo ID — an Ohio driver license or state ID card, a U.S. passport or passport card, or a U.S. military or veterans ID card with name and photograph — according to the Ohio Secretary of State and statewide guidance reported by the Newark Advocate. A voter without an accepted ID may vote a provisional ballot and present valid ID to the board within four days after Election Day for it to count, according to that guidance.
Every Darke County ballot carries the statewide races — governor, attorney general, auditor, secretary of state, treasurer, the two Supreme Court seats and U.S. senator — along with State Issue 3, the proposed constitutional amendment on voter photo ID, congressional and state legislative races, and local questions that vary by community, according to the Secretary of State. The best-known county question, covered in NewsForce247’s first-pass story, is the mental health levy renewal Darke County voters weigh on the Nov. 3 ballot.
Sample ballots for each Darke County precinct are available through the Board of Elections and the Secretary of State’s sample-ballot directory, and voters can confirm their registration and polling place through the Secretary of State’s website before leaving home. Anyone in line by 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday has the right to vote, according to statewide guidance.
What happens next is Election Day itself. The Darke County Board of Elections will report unofficial results through Tuesday evening from Greenville, and NewsForce247 will follow Darke County’s returns — including the mental health levy — as part of its Election Night coverage.
