UPPER SANDUSKY, Ohio — Wyandot County voters cast their last early in-person ballots Sunday, Nov. 1, on the final day of early voting before the Tuesday, Nov. 3 general election, with the Wyandot County Board of Elections open from 1 to 5 p.m. under the Ohio Secretary of State’s statewide early-voting schedule.
Sunday’s four-hour session closed an early-voting period that began Oct. 6. The Secretary of State’s 2026 voting schedule lists Nov. 1, from 1 to 5 p.m., as the final day of early in-person voting in every Ohio county, and there is no early voting at boards of elections on Monday, Nov. 2 — voters who have not yet cast a ballot vote at their assigned polling places on Election Day.
On the Wyandot County ballot, published by the county board of elections, the top local race is a contested county commissioner seat for a full term beginning Jan. 1, 2027. County voters also decide whether to continue a 0.5% sales and use tax for five years to provide additional general-fund revenue for the operation of the Wyandot County Sheriff’s Department and emergency medical services, according to the ballot language.
Voters across the county also decide a renewal of the 0.6-mill levy for the Mental Health & Recovery Services Board of Seneca, Ottawa, Sandusky and Wyandot Counties and its intended successor, the North Central Behavioral Health Board. The ballot states the renewal would collect an estimated $361,454 annually — $13 for each $100,000 of the county auditor’s market value — for 10 years commencing in 2027, first due in calendar year 2028, to fund community addiction and mental health services and facilities in Wyandot County. Some precincts also carry local questions, including a Wynford Local School District income tax question for current expenses and precinct-level liquor options in Upper Sandusky.
Statewide, Wyandot County voters join all Ohioans in choosing a governor — Republican Vivek Ramaswamy and Robert A. McColley against Democrats Amy Acton and David Pepper on the ballot published by the board — a U.S. Senator for the unexpired term ending Jan. 3, 2029, and a justice of the Ohio Supreme Court, where Democrat Jennifer Brunner faces Republican Colleen O’Donnell for a full term beginning Jan. 2, 2027, according to the sample ballot. Voters statewide also decide Issue 3, the proposed constitutional amendment to require voters to present photo identification in order to vote.
Absentee voters face a hard deadline this year. Under the Secretary of State’s schedule, non-military and overseas (non-UOCAVA) absentee ballots must be received by the board of elections by 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 3 to be counted; UOCAVA ballots must be received by Nov. 7. Voters still holding a completed absentee ballot can return it in person to the county board of elections rather than risk the mail.
What happens next: polls are open across Wyandot County on Tuesday, Nov. 3, from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., and voters must bring a valid form of identification. Results for the commissioner race, the sheriff and EMS sales tax, the mental health levy renewal and the statewide races will begin to take shape after the polls close Tuesday night.