Belmont County voters are entering the final days of early in-person voting for the November 3, 2026 general election, according to the Belmont County Board of Elections. Early voting began October 6 under the Ohio Secretary of State’s schedule and continues at the board office in St. Clairsville, with sessions Thursday, Friday and Saturday and a final session Sunday, November 1.
The early voting site is the board office at 52180 National Road, St. Clairsville, Ohio 43950, the address listed by both the board and the Secretary of State’s early voting directory. The board’s telephone number is 740-526-0188, and a ballot drop box sits beside its main entrance doors at the same address.
The remaining hours are the longest of the season, according to the board’s schedule. Voting runs 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 29 and Friday, October 30, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 31, and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 1, the final early session on the Secretary of State’s schedule.
Voters who wait will vote at their precinct polling place on Tuesday, November 3, when Ohio polls are open 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., according to the Secretary of State. The absentee application deadline has passed — applications were due by 8:30 p.m. on October 27 — and completed non-military, non-overseas absentee ballots must reach the board by 7:30 p.m. on Election Day to count.
Every voter must show an unexpired photo ID with the voter’s name and photograph, according to the Ohio Secretary of State. Acceptable forms include an Ohio driver license, State of Ohio ID card or Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles interim ID form, a United States passport or passport card, or a United States military, military dependent, Ohio National Guard or Department of Veterans Affairs ID card. A voter unable to provide photo ID gets a provisional ballot and must present acceptable ID to the board office within four days after Election Day for it to count, the Secretary of State notes.
Sample ballots produced by the Belmont County Board of Elections show voters deciding statewide offices, a United States Senate race and State Issue 3, the proposed constitutional amendment the Secretary of State describes as requiring photo identification to vote. County contests include county commissioner, listing Franklin Cecil Shaffer Jr. and Dominic DeFelice, and county auditor, listing Josh Meyer and Charrie L. Foglio, plus Court of Common Pleas judgeships. Ballots vary by precinct, so voters should check their own sample ballot through the board.
Two countywide levies also appear: a renewal levy for the Belmont County 911 public safety emergency radio system, at not exceeding 0.75 mill, estimated to collect $1,675,000 annually, or $22 per $100,000 of market value, for five years from 2027; and a renewal and decrease levy for senior services, including transportation, nutrition and in-home services, also at not exceeding 0.75 mill, estimated to collect $1,410,000 annually, or $15 per $100,000, for five years from 2027. Voters who want to vote early have until 5:00 p.m. on November 1 in St. Clairsville.