Ohio’s 2026 voting schedule lists a possible special election on Tuesday, Aug. 4. The final scheduled early-voting hours are 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 2, with Election Day polling set for 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Ohio’s Secretary of State lists Aug. 4, 2026, as a possible special-election date. The statewide schedule does not show that every county will hold a contest; Nov. 3 remains the statewide general election date.
Ohio’s official 2026 election calendar identifies Aug. 4 as a petition-filing deadline tied to the Nov. 3 general election. The deadline does not itself establish that a candidate has qualified for the ballot.
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose announced $1 million in grants for county boards of elections to recruit and train nearly 40,000 precinct election officials ahead of the November 2026 general election.
