Early voting is underway in Ohio for the 2025 election. Here are the upcoming hours, when it ends, where to vote and what to bring to the polls.

Central Ohio voters will weigh in on city council races, school boards and major ballot issues in the Nov. 4 election.

Voters will determine the future of a host of local issues in the 2025 General Election, including candidates for municipal government, school boards and judge seats.

“Lots of Americans follow the day-to-day events in national politics, but in reality, most decisions by the government that actually affect our lives directly are made at the state and local levels,” said John Forren, director of Miami University’s Menard Family Center for Democracy.

According to the Ohio Secretary of State website, there are several forms of identification acceptable to vote, including: The last day for early in-person voting is Nov. 2, 2025. Absentee ballots being mailed in must be postmarked by Nov. 3, 2025.

Democrat Sherrod Brown is slightly ahead of Republican Sen. Jon Husted in the 2026 Senate race, marking a competitive run in the recently right-leaning state. New

Principals in Ohio will vote next month on a referendum that could clear the way for name, image and likeness agreements for high school athletes in the state.

A new poll pointed to a close gubernatorial race in Ohio, a state that has drifted toward Republicans over the past decade.

For the first time since voters first elected him in 2009, Heath Mayor Mark Johns faces a challenger, Kelly Spires, in the Nov. 4 general election.

Three political newcomers are in a race for two Kettering City Council seats in the Nov. 4 general election. The candidates are Laura Arber, Dan Palmer and Tyler Scott, who are seeking one of two at-large council seats.

Two incumbents and one challenger in race for Clearcreek Twp. Board of Trustees in the Nov. 4 general election.

But getting such a repeal measure on the statewide ballot – much less convincing a majority of Ohio voters to pass it -- is easier said than done.