POMEROY — Early in-person voting is under way in Meigs County ahead of the Tuesday, Nov. 3 general election, and voters in this Ohio River county will settle a full slate of county offices, a judgeship and their state and congressional representation for the next two years.
The county ballot is led by the commissioner’s race, where Republican Zachary B. Manuel — who won a contested Republican primary in May against Richard L. Wamsley, with no Democrat running in that primary — is the Republican candidate for the term beginning Jan. 1. Republican Mary T. Byer-Hill is the party’s candidate for county auditor, and Republican Tonya M. Griffin is the candidate for an unexpired term as county treasurer.
Judicial races include Republican Jeremy L. Fisher for judge of the common pleas court’s juvenile and probate division. For the 4th District Court of Appeals, Republican Jayme H. Fountain faces Democrat Todd L. Grace in a race that spans the district’s Ohio River counties.
In the district races, Republican U.S. Rep. David J. Taylor faces Democrat Jen Mazzuckelli in the 2nd Congressional District, and Republican Kevin Ritter is the candidate for state representative in the 94th Ohio House District.
Township, village and school questions vary by precinct across the county, and the Meigs County Board of Elections can provide every voter with the exact ballot for their precinct before they cast it, whether they vote early in person, by mail or on Election Day.
Statewide, Meigs County voters will help choose Ohio’s next governor between Republicans Vivek Ramaswamy and Robert A. McColley and Democrats Amy Acton and David Pepper, and decide the U.S. Senate race for an unexpired term between Republican Jon Husted and Democrat Sherrod Brown. Also on every Ohio ballot are races for attorney general, auditor, secretary of state and treasurer, two Ohio Supreme Court seats, and State Issue 3, a proposed constitutional amendment that would require voters to present photo identification in order to vote.
Early in-person voting continues at the Meigs County Board of Elections, 113 East Memorial Drive, Suite A, in Pomeroy, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays through Oct. 23, then 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24; 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 26; 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, which is also the deadline to request an absentee ballot; 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 28 through 30; 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31; and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1. Absentee ballots must be received by 7:30 p.m. on Election Day, when polls are open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., and in-person voters must show an accepted photo ID.
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