On May 6, 2025 (or sooner if you’re an early voter!), Ohioans across the state will vote on health and human service levies that support social services. There are 18 social service levies appearing in 15 counties.
A breakdown of levies by category
In this election, the most common type of levy are the renewal levies, followed by replacement levies. There is one additional levy. 12 renewal levies appear in 10 counties: Allen, Ashtabula, Columbiana, Coshocton, Fairfield, Geauga, Hancock, Madison, Scioto, and Washington. Ashtabula and Geauga County have two levies.
Five counties have replacement levies: Auglaize, Highland, Huron, Licking, and Stark County. Auglaize and Highland counties have a replacement/decrease levy, and Huron county has a replacement/increase levy. Washington County is the only county with an additional levy appearing on ballots.
Three counties have multiple levies
Ashtabula, Geauga, and Washington counties each have two levies on the ballots with a total of six levies appearing in these three counties. Five of the levies in these counties are renewal, with one additional levy appearing in Washington County. Below is a table of the counties with multiple levies.
Full list of levies that will appear on Ohio ballots this May
Statewide Issue 2 will also appear on ballots
In addition to the 18 health and human service levies appearing in this election, Issue 2 will also be on ballots this May. Issue 2 is a statewide issue that funds public infrastructure capital improvements by authorizing general obligation bonds. These bonds would assist in subsidizing public infrastructure capital improvements for local governments or other entities within government. For more information on the language of the ballot measure, including the supporting and opposing arguments, you can refer to the link here.
Moving forward any state issue on ballots in future elections must be numbered sequentially after the number of the last state issue.
Numbering changes with issues appearing on ballots
Issue 2 follows a recent change in the way issues are numbered in elections. The last General Assembly (135th) passed Senate Bill 98 (SB 98). This law changes the numbering of ballot issues in Ohio, requiring that any state issue on the top of a ballot, beginning with the November 5, 2024 election, must be designated as Issue 1. Any issue positioned below is numbered sequentially. The law furthermore requires that moving forward any state issue on ballots in future elections must be numbered sequentially after the number of the last state issue as well, instead of restarting at Issue 1. This resets to state issue 1 once state issue 500 is on the ballot. It will be quite awhile before we see state issue 1 or 2 again.
Be sure to vote this May
For information on voting hours, and locations, check your county board of elections to vote this May.
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