FINDLAY, Ohio — Hancock County voters head to the polls Tuesday, Nov. 3, for the 2026 general election after early in-person voting ended Sunday, Nov. 1, closing out a voting period that began Oct. 6, according to the Ohio Secretary of State’s 2026 voting schedule.
Polls across Hancock County will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Election Day, and voters must cast their ballots at their designated precinct polling place, according to the Secretary of State. The Hancock County Board of Elections is at 201 E. Lincoln St. in Findlay, listed by the Secretary of State as the county’s early voting location and absentee ballot drop-off site.
Two countywide renewal levies headline the local ballot. Voters will decide a 1.3-mill, five-year renewal for the Hancock County Board of Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services — the ADAMHS board — and a 1.2-mill, five-year renewal for the Hancock County Agency on Aging, known as 50 North, which provides services to senior residents, according to the Findlay-Hancock County Chamber of Commerce voter report on the Nov. 3 ballot.
The Findlay-Hancock County Alliance has endorsed both renewals, the chamber reported. The ADAMHS renewal is estimated by the county auditor to collect about $3,043,393 a year, and the 50 North renewal about $2,566,887 a year, according to the ballot language published in the chamber’s voter report.
School and village questions also appear on ballots in parts of the county, including a McComb Local Schools income tax proposal and a bond issue listed in the chamber’s voter report, and voters across the county will also decide the statewide races and State Issue 3, the proposed constitutional amendment to require photo identification to vote.
One deadline matters most for anyone still holding a mail ballot: under the change signed into law in December 2025, absentee ballots must be received by the board of elections by the close of polls at 7:30 p.m. on Election Day to be counted — there is no longer a post-election grace period for most ballots, the Columbus Dispatch reported. Voters can drop a completed ballot at the board office in Findlay rather than risk the mail.
What happens next: polls close at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, and the Hancock County Board of Elections will begin reporting unofficial results that evening. Voters who need their polling location can check with the board of elections or the Secretary of State’s voter lookup before heading out.
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