The Logan County Board of Elections, 225 S. Main St., will continue to conduct early in-person voting hours for the May 5 Primary Election on the following dates and times:
Friday, May 1 – 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, May 2 – 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and Sunday, May 3 - 1 to 5 p.m.
Election Day hours on Tuesday, May 5, are from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. at your designated polling location.
While voters around Ohio will begin shaping the race to determine the state’s next governor, Logan County’s May 5 Primary Election ballot is on the lighter side.
Local voters will face several levy questions and a noteworthy judicial race that will be decided in November, when two sisters-in-law compete to be the next Logan County Family Court judge.
The Logan County Board of Elections, 225 S. Main St., continues to offer early voting hours this weekend ahead of Tuesday’s Primary Election. (CHRONICLE PHOTO)
Ballot issues
The single countywide measure is a proposal for an additional property tax levy to fund the Logan County Board of Developmental Disabilities so it may continue to provide community developmental disabilities programs and services. The proposed property tax for the levy is 2.75 mills at a cost $96 per year per $100,000 of market value of property and is estimated to realize $6,000,000 annually for five years starting in 2026.
As for local levies, Bloomfield Township voters will be asked to approve an additional 2-mill property tax levy to fund fire/EMS services. The levy is estimated to collect $59,000 annually ($70 per $100,000 of property market value) for five years starting in 2026.
Voters who live in the Tri-Valley Fire District, which includes Zanesfield, Valley Hi and Jefferson Township, will be asked to renew a 1.5-mill property tax levy for current expenses, which would cost $27 per $100,000 of property market value and is estimated to collect $105,000 annually for five years starting in 2026.
A total of 47 voters from Logan County live in the Waynesfield-Goshen Local School District in Stokes Township and they will be asked on May 5 to renew a 1 percent annual income tax levy that will go toward current expenses for the district. The levy is for five years and will start Jan. 1, 2027.
County offices
Two countywide offices appear on the May 5 ballot, and neither features a contested primary.
In the race for Logan County commissioner, incumbent Michael E. Yoder (R) is unopposed. Jack Reser (R) is running unopposed for Logan County Auditor.
Judicial race
The race for Logan County Family Court judge this year is unique, featuring a family connection between the two candidates.
Sisters-in-law Miranda Warren (D) and Sarah J. Warren (R) are each unopposed in their respective primaries this month.
In the fall, they will face one another in the November General Election for the judge seat, for a term to commence in February 2027.
