Ottawa County
Board of Elections
8444 West State Route 163, Suite 101
Oak Harbor, OH 43449-8885
419-898-3071
(or toll free
within the county) 1-800-697-9807
 
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The Board of Elections is responsible
for ensuring fair, accurate, and timely elections at primary, general,
and special elections. These responsibilities include the assurance that
adequate supplies of ballots and absentee voter materials are available
for elections and that provisions are made for candidates to declare their
candidacy based on the time frame established by the Ohio Revised Code.
The office also receives petitions for nominations, checks signatures
and addresses for validity, and monitors campaign expenses to ensure compliance
with the law.
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The
total voter registration for Ottawa County is (as of 1/16/07) 29,277--an
increase of nearly 7,500 voters since January, 1994, when the National
Voter Registration Act was passed.
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Board of Elections is now completely computerized which includes the digitalization
of signatures. This allows the board to efficiently print its own precinct
rosters and posting lists for elections as well as to supply lists, labels
and computer disks
to candidates and the public at a nominal cost. |
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Residents of Ottawa County can register to vote at any Bureau of Motor
Vehicles, Clerk of Courts Title & County Treasurer's Offices in the
courthouse, any public library or the Board of Election's Office
at 8444 W. State Route 163, Suite 101, Oak Harbor, Ohio 43449-8885. In order
to keep the most up-to-date voter records and to save voters time and confusion
at the polls, it is imperative that voters notify the Board of Elections as soon as possible
of any change of name and/or change of address. |
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The Board of Elections operates under the
direction of a four-member board and the Secretary of State.
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Site maintained by
The Ottawa County Board of Elections
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