Union County voters get their last chance to vote early in person on Sunday, Nov. 1, when the Union County Board of Elections in Marysville opens from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. for the final day of early voting before the Tuesday, Nov. 3 general election. The board’s office is at 835 East Fifth Street, Suite A, in Marysville, and Sunday’s four-hour session closes an early-voting run that began Oct. 6, according to the Ohio Secretary of State’s voting schedule.
There is no early voting on Monday, so voters who want to cast a ballot before Tuesday must use Sunday’s window or vote at their polling place on Election Day, when polls are open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Under Senate Bill 293, signed by Gov. Mike DeWine in December 2025, absentee ballots by mail must now be received by the board by the close of polls on Election Day to be counted, with an exception for military and overseas voters, The Columbus Dispatch reported — which is why officials urge voters still holding mail ballots to drop them off in person at the Marysville office rather than risk the mail.
Turnout has been strong. Through the ninth day of in-person early voting, the Union County Board of Elections had recorded 5,189 ballots received, up nearly 55 percent from the 3,351 received by the same point in the 2022 gubernatorial election, Marysville Matters reported, with Friday the busiest day yet at 854 ballots. Independent voters have been closing the participation gap with Republicans, Marysville Matters reported, though the board also listed 3,352 mail applications, meaning many requested ballots had still not been returned at that point.
The most closely watched local question is a citizen-led amendment to Marysville’s city charter. Placed on the ballot by petition from the Smart Coalition, it would set the signature threshold for putting a referendum on ordinances passed by Marysville City Council at 10 percent of voters who voted in the last governor’s election, instead of the 35 percent the Ohio Legislature raised it to in 2025, The Columbus Dispatch reported from the board of elections’ certified ballot samples. It would also let petition signatures be collected before a certified copy of the proposed referendum is provided to the city’s finance director.
The one new tax request on county ballots is from the Northern Union County Joint Fire and EMS District, which serves Richwood and Claibourne, Jackson, York and Washington townships: an additional 3-mill levy for a continuing period for fire protection and emergency medical services, collecting an estimated $619,000 annually and costing $105 per $100,000 of the county auditor’s market value, The Columbus Dispatch reported. Most other local questions are renewals, including 5 mills for current expenses in Magnetic Springs, 3 mills for roads in Richwood, police levies in Jerome and Millcreek townships, a 5.19-mill fire renewal in Paris Township, and 1-mill operating renewals in Union and York townships.
School voters in the districts served by the Delaware Area Career Center decide a renewal with a cut: the career center seeks 10 more years at 0.75 mill, down 0.95 mill from the current 1.7 mills, collecting an estimated $5,773,576 annually and costing $18 per $100,000 of value, The Columbus Dispatch reported. Every Union County voter also decides statewide Issue 3, which asks whether the photo ID requirement for voting enacted in 2022 should be written into the Ohio Constitution.
Voters should bring an accepted photo ID — an Ohio driver’s license or state ID, a U.S. passport or passport card, or a military ID. After Sunday’s 5 p.m. close, the next votes cast in Union County will be at neighborhood polling places on Tuesday, and NewsForce247 will report the county’s charter, levy and courthouse outcomes as the board certifies them.