JEFFERSON, Ohio — Ashtabula County voters have one last chance to vote early in person on Sunday, Nov. 1, before Tuesday’s Nov. 3 general election, according to the Ashtabula County Board of Elections and the Ohio Secretary of State’s voting schedule.
Early in-person voting runs Sunday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Ashtabula County Board of Elections, 8 W. Walnut Street in Jefferson. Early voting ends at 5 p.m. Sunday, and there is no voting at the board office on Monday, Nov. 2, or on Election Day. On Tuesday, Nov. 3, voters cast ballots at their assigned polling locations, open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., according to the Secretary of State’s schedule.
Ashtabula County’s Nov. 3 ballot, shown on the board of elections’ official sample ballot, includes a countywide question with a direct local cost: an additional tax for Ashtabula County Metroparks, for parks and recreation, estimated by the county auditor to collect $1,281,490 annually at a rate not exceeding 0.5 mill — $18 for each $100,000 of the auditor’s market value — for 15 years, commencing in 2027 and first due in 2028. The ballot also includes contested judgeships, including the race for Ashtabula County Common Pleas judge, and the 11th District Court of Appeals seats on the sample ballot.
Every Ashtabula County voter also decides the statewide races on all Ohio ballots — governor, attorney general, auditor, secretary of state, treasurer, two Ohio Supreme Court seats and U.S. senator — and statewide Issue 3, the proposed constitutional amendment to require voters to present photo identification, as shown on the county’s sample ballot. Ohio law already requires a valid photo ID to vote in person.
Absentee voters face a hard deadline this year. Under Senate Bill 293, signed in December 2025, completed absentee ballots must be received by the board of elections no later than 7:30 p.m. on Election Day, Nov. 3 — there is no longer a grace period for most ballots, The Columbus Dispatch reported, with different provisions for military and overseas voters. Secretary of State Frank LaRose warned on Oct. 27 that it might already be too late to mail a ballot and have it arrive in time, The Columbus Dispatch reported. Ashtabula County voters still holding a completed ballot should hand-deliver it to 8 W. Walnut Street in Jefferson rather than mailing it.
What happens next: early voting ends at 5 p.m. Sunday. After that, the only ways to vote in this election are in person at your assigned polling place on Tuesday, Nov. 3, between 6:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m., or by hand-delivering a completed absentee ballot to the board office in Jefferson before polls close that evening.