Van Wert independent\/Board of Elections info<\/i><\/p>\n
The Van Wert County Board of Elections announces that early voting for the Tuesday, November 5, general election has begun.<\/p>\n
The voting will be done in the Commissioners\u2019 Conference Room located next door to the Election Board (120 E. Main St.). Office hours are 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday through Friday. The only Saturday that the Board of Elections office will be open for voting will be October 26, from 10 a.m. to noon.<\/p>\n
To vote an early ballot, local residents must<\/i> be registered voters and provide either the last four digits of their social security number or driver\u2019s license number (XX123456). If neither of these items is available, a copy of a current and valid photo ID (state ID card, government ID, etc.) may be used; however, the photo ID must show the name and address of the voter.<\/p>\n
Another option is to bring a copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, paycheck, government check or other government document that shows the voter\u2019s name and current address when voting.<\/p>\n
Ballots may be sent out to voters who mail a signed<\/i> request to the office, along with date of birth, driver\u2019s license number (XX123456) or the last four numbers of the individual\u2019s social security number, and an address where ballots may be sent (an absent ballot application can be found in the Community & Columns section under “Community Links”)<\/em>.<\/p>\n Any questions regarding absentee voting may be addressed by contacting the Board office at 419.238.4192.<\/p>\n The Van Wert County Board of Elections also announced Monday that the close of registration for the November 5 general election is 9 p.m. Monday, October 7.\u00a0 The Board office will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. that day.<\/p>\n Those not<\/i> currently registered in Van Wert County, or who have moved since the March primary election and not changed their address with the Board of Elections, should stop by one of the following locations and update their registration.<\/p>\n Registration locations in Van Wert County are:\u00a0 Van Wert License Bureau; Brumback and Delphos Public libraries; Department of Human Services; WIC, Van Wert County Treasurer\u2019s, Auditor\u2019s and Title departments in the Courthouse and the Board of Election office.<\/p>\n Any questions regarding voter registration may be answered by contacting the Board office at the above telephone number.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Van Wert independent\/Board of Elections info The Van Wert County Board of Elections announces that early voting for the Tuesday, November 5, general election has begun. The voting will be done in the Commissioners\u2019 Conference Room located next door to the Election Board (120 E. Main St.). Office hours are 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday through […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-21 15:15:30","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43653\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}