BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio — Early in-person voting is under way in Logan County, where two countywide money questions — a developmental disabilities levy and a sales tax renewal in place since 1997 — headline the Nov. 3 ballot, along with the county’s only contested countywide race, a family court judgeship sought by two sisters-in-law. Early voting is at the Logan County Board of Elections, 225 S. Main St. in Bellefontaine.
The first countywide issue is a five-year, 2-mill additional levy for the Logan County Board of Developmental Disabilities. The board says the smaller request — it follows a failed 2.75-mill levy in May — is about maintaining existing services for more than 700 county residents, not expanding them. It would cost the owner of a $100,000 home about $70 a year, roughly $5.83 a month. Since the spring defeat, the board has cut staff, consolidated buildings at the Discovery Center and trimmed programs; its adopted reduction plan warns that Discovery Center Preschool, Early Intervention, Family Support Services and Special Olympics could be reduced or eliminated if the November levy fails.
The second countywide question asks voters to renew the 0.5 percent sales and use tax first passed in 1997, for five more years. Under the existing split, 25 percent goes to county roads and bridges, 25 percent to the Logan County Sheriff’s Office, 20 percent to township roads and bridges, 20 percent to municipal roads and bridges, and 10 percent to economic development and land use planning.
The only contested countywide race is for Logan County Family Court judge, for a term commencing Feb. 9, 2027: Republican Sarah J. Warren faces Democrat Miranda Warren — sisters-in-law, each unopposed in her own primary. County Commissioner Michael E. Yoder, a Republican, is unopposed, as is County Auditor Jack Reser, a Republican. For Congress in the 4th District, Republican Jim Jordan faces Democrat Joshua D. Kolasinski.
School and local questions round out precinct ballots. Bellefontaine City Schools is asking for a 1 percent earned income tax, continuing in nature, projected to generate approximately $3.5 million a year for current expenses beginning Jan. 1, 2027. Elsewhere, the Indian Lake Joint Ambulance District seeks an additional 8-mill property tax for five years, McArthur Township voters outside Huntsville will decide a 1.25-mill fire protection renewal for five years, and the Village of West Liberty has a 5-mill renewal for five years.
Above the local items, Logan County voters are choosing a governor — Republican Vivek Ramaswamy or Democrat Amy Acton — and a U.S. senator, Republican Jon Husted or Democrat Sherrod Brown, and voting on State Issue 3, the proposed constitutional amendment requiring photo identification in order to vote.
Early in-person voting at 225 S. Main St. runs 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays through Oct. 23; 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24; 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 26; 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, the deadline for absentee ballot applications to be received; 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 28 through Oct. 30; 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31; and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1. There is no early in-person voting on Monday, Nov. 2. On Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, voters must use their assigned polling location, with polls open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.; absentee ballots must be received by 7:30 p.m. to count, and early voters should bring an accepted photo ID.