Early in-person voting enters its final week in Lawrence County on Tuesday, Oct. 27, with the county board of elections in Ironton open late into the evening on the last day voters can ask for an absentee ballot by mail for the Nov. 3 general election.
Early voting takes place at the Lawrence County Board of Elections, 1305 S. 3rd St. in Ironton. The board is open Tuesday, Oct. 27, from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., then Wednesday through Friday, Oct. 28-30, from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. The final weekend of early voting runs Saturday, Oct. 31, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 1, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., when early in-person voting ends.
Tuesday also carries a hard deadline: absentee ballot applications must be received by the board by 8:30 p.m. on Oct. 27. Voters who have already received a mail ballot should note that, for this election, mailed ballots must be received by the board by 7:30 p.m. on Election Day — a postmark alone is not enough. Ballots can also be delivered in person, or placed in the board’s secure drop box by a near relative, until the same deadline.
Lawrence County voters are deciding a full Nov. 3 ballot headed by Ohio’s statewide races, including governor, attorney general, secretary of state, treasurer, auditor, two seats on the Ohio Supreme Court and a U.S. Senate seat, along with the statewide Issue 3 photo ID constitutional amendment. The county ballot also includes a vocational school levy and state legislative races, among other local questions.
Board officials remind voters that the early ballot is cast at the board of elections office, not at the precinct listed on a voter registration card. Precinct polling places open only on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., and any voter still in line at 7:30 p.m. will be allowed to vote.
There is no early voting on Monday, Nov. 2, the day before the election. Voters who want to check their registration, view a sample ballot for their precinct or confirm their Election Day polling place can do so through the Ohio Secretary of State’s voter lookup tools or by contacting the Lawrence County board directly.
After the polls close on Nov. 3, the board will report Lawrence County’s unofficial results, with the official canvass and certification to follow later in November under state law.