MOUNT VERNON — Voters head to the polls across Knox County on Tuesday to decide a slate of local races, a flurry of school levies and tax issues, and pivotal state races for governor and senator.
Polls are scheduled to open at 6:30 a.m. and close at 7:30 p.m.
Knox Pages reporters and editors will be tracking live updates, unofficial vote tallies and local reaction throughout the evening.
Here’s what you can expect us to follow throughout the day and well into the night:
- Statewide and legislative race returns impacting the Knox County region
- Updates from local campaign headquarters
- Analysis and insight from our newsroom as numbers come in
- Knox County Commissioner: Pursel vs Rogers
- Ohio Senate 19th District: Charland vs Rogersys
- Ohio House 61st District: McGrail vs Stevens
- U.S. House 12th District: Balderson vs Christian
- Ohio House 98th District: Grund vs Hiner
- State Issue 3
- Local Tax & School Issues: Mount Vernon income tax levy, Centerburg electric & natural gas aggregation, Senior services renewal levy, Loudonville Public Library, Loudonville-Perrysville Schools, Berlin Township, Liberty Township, Monroe Township, Pike Township, Pleasant Township, Village of Danville, Mount Vernon liquor sales and more.
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Levies across the county: 11 of 53 precincts reported
Berlin Township – Road maintenance levy
For the levy 61.89% (177)
Against the levy 38.11% (109)
Liberty Township – Cemetery levy
For the levy 52.66% (475)
Against the levy 47.34% (427)
Monroe Township – Fire & EMS levy
For the levy 50.84% (272)
Against the levy 49.16% (263)
Pike Township – Road maintenance levy
For the levy 51.99% (287)
Against the levy 48.01% (265)
Pleasant Township – Road maintenance levy
For the levy 65.92% (588)
Against the levy 34.08% (304)
Bladensburg levy – Additional Fire & EMS levy
For the levy 52.41% (98)
Against the levy 47.59% (89)
Updated Ohio House 98th District race: absentee ballots
Hiner: 10,148
Knox 4,013
Holmes 2,522
Coshocton 3,613
Grund: 6,317
Knox 3,229
Holmes 969
Coshocton 2,119
Mount Vernon Schools levy: 11 of 53 precincts reported
For the tax 45.37% (3,375)
Against the tax 54.63% (4.064)
Governor and U.S. Senator update #2
The Knox County Board of Elections has dropped the second batch of results and statewide precincts are roughly 22% reported.
Knox County results (11 of 53 precincts) for Governor:
– Acton (D): 38.17% (vote total: 5,406)
– Ramaswamy (R): 58.60% (vote total: 8,300)
– Kissick (L): 3.06% (vote total: 433)
Statewide tally for Governor (22% of precincts reported):
– Acton (D): 54.20% (vote total: 1,183,208)
– Ramaswamy (R): 42.89% (vote total: 936,245)
– Kissick (L): 2.91% (vote total: 63,569)
Knox County results (11 of 53 precincts) for U.S. Senator
– Brown (D): 36.62% (vote total: 5,204)
– Husted (R): 59.20% (vote total: 8,413)
– Redpath (L): 2.65% (vote total: 376)
– Levy (I): 1.48% (vote total: 211)
Statewide tally for U.S. Senator (22% of precincts reported):
– Brown (D): 52.35% (vote total: 1,145,229)
– Husted (R): 43.58% (vote total: 953,442)
– Redpath (L): 2.32% (vote total: 50,848)
– Levy (I): 1.74% (vote total: 38,078)
Governor and U.S. Senator updates
The Knox County Board of Elections has dropped the first batch of results.
Knox County results (Absentee ballots only) for Governor:
– Acton (D): 42.79% (vote total: 4,698)
– Ramaswamy (R): 54.42% (vote total: 5,975)
– Kissick (L): 2.67% (vote total: 293)
Statewide tally for Governor (7% of precincts reported):
– Acton (D): 57.79% (vote total: 1,023,398)
– Ramaswamy (R): 39.63% (vote total: 701,874)
– Kissick (L): 2.58% (vote total: 45,607)
Knox County results (Absentee ballots only) for U.S. Senator
– Brown (D): 41.29% (vote total: 4,552)
– Husted (R): 55.15% (vote total: 6,080)
– Redpath (L): 2.17% (vote total: 239)
– Levy (I): 1.35% (vote total: 149)
Statewide tally for U.S. Senator (7% of precincts reported):
– Brown (D): 56.07% (vote total: 995,144)
– Husted (R): 40.36% (vote total: 716,286)
– Redpath (L): 1.97% (vote total: 35,003)
– Levy (I): 1.60% (vote total: 28,379)
State Senate 19th District: absentee ballots
These results are only for Knox, Holmes & Delaware counties so far. Coshocton County is not yet reporting.
Knox
Rivers 41.30% (4,492)
Charland 58.70% (6,384)
Delaware
Rivers 41.03% (19,035)
Charland 58.97% (27,360)
Holmes
Rivers 71.67% (2,500)
Charland 28.33% (988)
Ohio House 98th District: absentee ballots
These results are only for Knox & Holmes counties so far. Coshocton County is not yet reporting.
Hiner: 6,535
Knox 4,013
Holmes 2,522
Grund: 4,18
Knox 3,229
Holmes 969
Ohio House 61st District: absentee ballots
McGrail: 13,606
Knox 1,250
Delaware 12,356
Stevens: 5,336
Knox 2,403
Delaware 9,933
Commissioner’s race: absentee ballots
Bill Pursel 59.59% (6,503)
Chuck Rogers 40.41% (4,410
Senior levy renewal: absentee ballots
Yes 65.06% (7,124)
No 34.94% (3,826)
Mount Vernon Schools levy: absentee ballots
Absentee ballot results show a close race for Mount Vernon City Schools’ proposed earned income tax levy. Those against the tax lead by less than 300 votes of more than 6,000 counted.
For the tax 47.65% (2,975)
Against the tax 52.35% (3,269)
Centerburg gas & electric aggregation absentee ballots reporting:
Electric:
Yes 56.1% (91)
No 43.83% (73)
Gas:
Yes 56.1% (91)
No 43.83% (71)
Haven’t heard anything yet …
Stay tuned, folks. Knox hasn’t reported absentee yet. We’re trying to find out why the delay.
Results coming soon
Of the 11,471 citizens who voted early, 4,789 registered as Republican, 4,577 nonpartisan, 2,088 Democrat and 17 Libertarian.
The polls will close in five minutes, and in about 10 minutes we’ll know how those 11,471 voted.
Stay tuned to our live blog for updates!
Polls will close in Knox County and across Ohio at 7:30 p.m.
Once the clock strikes 7:30, Cheryl Splain and I will be here with live updates as election results roll in.
Stay tuned, and get those last-minute votes in!
You still have time to vote
It’s a beautiful day to exercise your right to vote and make your voice heard!
If you haven’t voted yet, don’t worry. The polls don’t close until 7:30 p.m. If you’re unsure of your polling location, click here.
And if life’s gotten in the way and you haven’t had a chance to familiarize yourself with what’s on your ballot, check out our election coverage on local races and issues:
•Commissioner: Bill Pursel vs Chuck Rogers
•State Sen. 19th District: Ryan Rivers vs. Scott Charland
•State House Rep. 61st District: Vince McGrail vs Shawn Stevens
•State House Rep. 98th District: Scott Grund vs Mark Hiner
•U.S. Rep. 12th District: Troy Balderson vs Jerrad Christian
•Local Tax & School Issues: Mount Vernon school income tax levy, Centerburg electric & natural gas aggregation, Senior services renewal levy, Loudonville Public Library, Loudonville-Perrysville Schools, Berlin Township, Liberty Township, Monroe Township, Pike Township, Pleasant Township, Village of Danville, Mount Vernon liquor sales and more.
Knox County has 42,036 registered voters. Of those, more than 11,400 voted through early voting. Citizens around the county, including these in Hilliar Township Precincts A&B, lined up early this morning, waiting for the polls to open.
The polls will be open until 7:30 p.m.
Be sure and exercise your right to vote!
Diana McQuigg, precinct manager, reported 246 individuals had cast their vote at the Mount Vernon Energy Field House polling location as of 11 a.m.
“I would say it didn’t seem unusual until I found out about how many have pre-voted,” McQuigg said. “Therefore, it seems this is a normal amount that’s coming in, but because of the pre-voting you’re kind of expecting it to be less busy, but it’s very busy.”
Mount Vernon residents will cast their votes on a variety of issues today, but perhaps the most contested is Mount Vernon City Schools’ proposed 1-percent earned income tax levy.
Hello Knox Countians and welcome to Knox Pages’ election live blog. We will be posting live updates here throughout the day and night to keep you up to date on the latest voting information.
Polls are open until 7:30 p.m. Anyone in line at the time of closure is still able to cast their vote. Make sure to check where your polling location is at https://lookup.boe.ohio.gov/vtrapp/knox/pollfinder.aspx.
See you at the polls!