Erie County voters can cast early in-person ballots from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. this week at the Erie County Board of Elections office, 2900 Columbus Ave., Room 101, in Sandusky, as early voting for the Nov. 3 general election moves through its third week.
The board’s published schedule keeps those same 8-to-5 weekday hours through Friday, Oct. 23. The first Saturday session follows on Oct. 24, when the office opens from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. for voters who cannot make it during the workweek.
Hours expand sharply in the final week. Early voting runs 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 26, then 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 27, and 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. from Wednesday, Oct. 28 through Friday, Oct. 30. The last weekend brings voting from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 31 and from 1 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.
Voters who prefer to vote by mail face a firm deadline this month. Applications for an absentee ballot must reach the board by Tuesday, Oct. 27 at 8:30 p.m. Applications can be returned to the board office in Sandusky or deposited in the drive-up drop box on the east side of the Erie County Water Department building at 2900 Columbus Ave.
Completed absentee ballots must be received by the board by 7:30 p.m. on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, to be counted, and the board urges mail voters to allow time for delivery. On Election Day itself, polls across Erie County are open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., and voters must cast ballots at their assigned precinct polling place.
The board’s office, led by Director Alex Jones and Deputy Director Adrienne James, handles voter questions at 419-627-7601 during office hours of 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Sample ballots, candidate filings and issue filings for the Nov. 3 election are linked from the board’s page on the Ohio boards of elections site.
This second look at Erie County’s election comes two weeks before Election Day, with the early-vote window now at its midpoint. Voters who want the shortest lines are generally advised by election officials to use the weekday hours this week before the final-week expansion, when turnout typically climbs across Ohio.