WARREN, Ohio — Trumbull County voters get their final chance to vote early in person on Sunday, Nov. 1, when the Trumbull County Board of Elections opens from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. ahead of the Tuesday, Nov. 3 general election. The board’s office and early-voting site is at 2947 Youngstown Road SE in Warren, and voters must show photo identification to cast an in-person early ballot, according to the board.
Interest is running high. Stephanie Penrose, director of the Trumbull County Board of Elections, predicts turnout of nearly 60% in the county, the Tribune Chronicle reported, with high-profile and competitive races for governor and U.S. senator driving voters to the polls. There is no regular early voting on Monday, Nov. 2 — Sunday’s four-hour session is the last one before Election Day.
The busiest local question sits in Warren itself. City voters will decide a citizen-initiated proposed ordinance that would immediately rescind and replace the pay raises City Council granted elected officials in late 2023 and eliminate all future automatic increases, according to the Trumbull County Board of Elections’ official questions and issues list for the Nov. 3 election. The Repeal the Raises campaign, which gathered more than 1,000 petition signatures to put the measure on the ballot, says a yes vote sets council pay at a fixed $16,500 a year starting Jan. 1 and requires voter approval for any future raise.
School and township voters across the county face renewal levies as well. Warren City School District voters will decide a 4.65-mill renewal levy for current expenses for five years, and Liberty Local School District voters a 2.3-mill renewal, according to the board’s issues list. Township issues include fire, EMS, police and road levy renewals in Braceville, Champion, Farmington and Liberty townships, and a proposed zoning referendum in Greene Township.
Voters who still hold a mail ballot should not mail it now. Under Senate Bill 293, signed by Gov. Mike DeWine in December 2025, absentee ballots must arrive by the close of polls on Election Day to be counted, with an exception for military and overseas voters, The Columbus Dispatch reported. 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 The Columbus Dispatch — Trumbull County voters can instead drop ballots off in person at the board office in Warren by 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 3.
On Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, polls across Trumbull County are open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. at each voter’s assigned precinct polling place, according to the Ohio Secretary of State’s 2026 voting schedule. Voters with questions can reach the Trumbull County Board of Elections at 330-369-4050.
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