XENIA, Ohio — Early in-person voting is under way at the Greene County Board of Elections, 551 Ledbetter Road, and Xenia-area voters preparing for the Tuesday, Nov. 3 general election will find a countywide bridge levy renewal, two contested Ohio House races and a package of Xenia charter amendments on the ballot. Early voting began Oct. 6 at the board office and runs through Nov. 1 on the statewide schedule.
The only countywide tax question is a renewal of Greene County’s 0.25-mill property tax levy for county bridges, for five years beginning in 2026. The small renewal keeps a dedicated funding stream for bridge work across the county’s townships and villages, and because it is a renewal it continues the existing rate rather than adding a new tax.
Greene County is split between two Ohio House districts, and both are contested. In District 70, Republican incumbent Brian Lampton, an insurance agency owner serving his third term, faces Democrat Kim McCarthy, an accountant and former Greene County Democratic Party chair. In District 71, Republican incumbent Levi Dean, a Xenia plumbing business owner who previously served on Xenia City Council, faces Democrat Krista Magaw, the founding executive director of the Tecumseh Land Trust and a former mental health policy director. For Congress in the 10th District, Republican incumbent Michael Turner faces Democrat Kristina Knickerbocker and Libertarian Thomas McMasters.
Xenia voters will also work through a set of proposed city charter amendments covering sections 4.01, 4.05, 5.01, 9.04 and 13.01 and Articles XI and XII, along with a precinct-level liquor option on Sunday sales in the VFW Post 2402 Cooper Jordan Memorial precinct. Charter questions rarely draw the attention of the levy races, but they set the rules for how the city government operates long after this election cycle ends.
Township questions round out the local ballot. New Jasper Township asks an additional 2-mill levy for fire protection and EMS for five years, Miami Township asks an additional 0.8-mill levy for fire protection and EMS for a continuing period, and Spring Valley Township asks a 0.3-mill renewal for current expenses for five years. Fire and EMS levies are the recurring backbone of township budgets in Greene County, and each township’s voters will decide their own.
Every Greene County ballot also carries the statewide races — governor, attorney general, auditor of state, secretary of state, treasurer of state, U.S. Senate and two Ohio Supreme Court seats — plus Issue 3, the proposed constitutional amendment on photo ID for voting. Absentee ballot applications must be received by the board by 8:30 p.m. on Oct. 27, and voted ballots must arrive by 7:30 p.m. on Election Day. Polls on Nov. 3 are open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., and voters can view their exact sample ballot through the Greene County Board of Elections.