Wood County voters have entered the final week of early in-person voting for the November 3, 2026 general election, with the Wood County Board of Elections in Bowling Green open for extended hours through Sunday, November 1. Early voting takes place at the board office at One Courthouse Square, Bowling Green, OH 43402, according to the board, which can be reached at 419-354-9120.
The remaining early in-person hours follow the statewide schedule published by the Ohio Secretary of State. Voting runs from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. from Wednesday, October 28 through Friday, October 30, then from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, October 31, and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, November 1. November 1 is the last day on the Secretary of State’s early in-person schedule, and there is no early voting session listed for Monday, November 2.
On Election Day, Tuesday, November 3, polls will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., according to the Ohio Secretary of State. Non-UOCAVA absentee ballots must be received by the board of elections by 7:30 p.m. on November 3. The deadline to request an absentee ballot passed on October 27, when applications had to be received by 8:30 p.m., while military and overseas ballots received by mail by November 7 can still be counted under the state schedule.
At the top of Wood County ballots are statewide and federal races certified by the Wood County Board of Elections on August 26, 2026. Voters will decide races for governor, attorney general, auditor, secretary of state and treasurer, a U.S. Senate unexpired term, two Ohio Supreme Court seats, and, depending on their precinct, the 5th or 9th Congressional District. Wood County voters will also see a proposed state constitutional amendment, listed by the board as a proposal to require voters to present photo identification in order to vote.
County offices on the certified list include a commissioner race among Democrat Brenna Reynolds, Republican Ryan E. Lee and independent Joseph R. DeMare, and an auditor race between Democrat Mark Wongrowski and Republican Matthew R. Oestreich. Two judgeships are also contested: Paul A. Dobson and Joel M. Kuhlman for Court of Common Pleas judge, and Megan E. Newlove and Doug Ruck for Probate Court judge. In the 75th Ohio House District, Democrat Richard J. Rettig is challenging Republican Haraz N. Ghanbari, according to the board’s certified list.
Levies vary by community, according to the board’s certified Questions and Issues List. Countywide, voters will decide a renewal of a 1-mill, five-year levy for senior services or facilities, and a renewal of the Wood County District Public Library levy at 0.8 mill for six years. Bowling Green voters will also see a parks and recreation levy described as a 2-mill renewal with a 0.95-mill increase, while township, village and school questions — including income tax and bond proposals in the Eastwood, Lake and North Baltimore districts — appear only in those districts.
Because ballots differ by precinct, voters can confirm their own ballot and polling place through the Wood County Board of Elections before heading to One Courthouse Square. Early voting ends at 5 p.m. on Sunday, November 1, after which the remaining option is voting at an assigned precinct polling place on Election Day, November 3.
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