KENTON, Ohio — Hardin County voters head to the polls Tuesday, Nov. 3, for the 2026 general election after early in-person voting ended Sunday, Nov. 1, closing a voting period that began Oct. 6, according to the Ohio Secretary of State’s 2026 voting schedule.
Polls across Hardin County will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Election Day, and voters vote at their assigned precinct polling place on Election Day — not at the board of elections office — according to the Hardin County Board of Elections. There is no early in-person voting on Monday, Nov. 2, according to the Secretary of State’s schedule.
The Hardin County Board of Elections is located at 1 Court House Square, Suite 40, in Kenton, inside the Hardin County Courthouse, and can be reached at 419-674-2211, according to the board. Voters who still hold an absentee ballot should deliver it to the board in person rather than mail it at this point.
That timing matters more this year: absentee ballots must be received by the county board of elections by 7:30 p.m. on Election Day to be counted, with no four-day grace period, under Senate Bill 293, which Gov. Mike DeWine signed in December 2025, according to The Columbus Dispatch. Secretary of State Frank LaRose said on Oct. 27 that it might already be too late to mail a ballot and have it arrive by the deadline, according to Cleveland.com reporting cited by The Columbus Dispatch. The exception to the Election Day receipt rule is for military and overseas voters, according to The Dispatch.
Hardin County voters will decide the statewide races on every Ohio ballot — governor, attorney general, auditor, secretary of state, treasurer, two Ohio Supreme Court seats and U.S. senator — along with statewide State Issue 3, the proposed constitutional amendment on photo identification for voting, and the local candidates and questions on their precinct’s ballot, according to the Ohio Secretary of State. Ohio already requires photo identification for in-person voting under state law, according to The Columbus Dispatch.
Voters can check their registration, find their polling place and view their precinct’s sample ballot through the Secretary of State’s voter tools at VoteOhio.gov and through the Hardin County Board of Elections website, according to the board. Bringing an accepted photo ID and confirming the polling place before leaving home are the two steps election officials statewide have urged for Election Day.
What happens next: polls close at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3, and the Hardin County Board of Elections will report unofficial results after the close. NewsForce247’s Election Night coverage will follow the statewide races and county results as they are reported.