Photo: Toledo skyline along the Maumee River, July 2022, by MrJacon000, via Wikimedia Commons.

Early in-person voting in Ohio ends Sunday, Nov. 1 — one week before Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 3. Nearly 1 million Ohio ballots had been returned as of Oct. 23, according to the Columbus Dispatch.

Remaining early in-person hours: today, Oct. 27, 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. (absentee ballot applications must be received by local boards of elections by 8:30 p.m.); Oct. 28–30, 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 31, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 1, 1–5 p.m. (last day of early in-person voting). Early voting began Oct. 6.

Voters can also vote by mail by requesting an absentee ballot; most mail-in ballots must be returned by 7:30 p.m. on Election Day. Find your early voting location by county through the Ohio Secretary of State website, and contact your county board of elections for curbside voting if you cannot enter the polls.

Election Day polls are open 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 3; absentee ballots must be returned to local boards of elections by 7:30 p.m. Registration for the 2026 election closed Oct. 5.

Source: Cincinnati.com/Columbus Dispatch, “Early voting in Ohio ends soon. Key dates, times before Election Day”