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8 local tax issues are on the November 3 ballot in Allen County
The November 3, 2026 general election
From the Ohio Secretary of State’s list of local questions and issues, as of September 18, 2026
Every property tax levy, income tax, bond and sales tax that reaches Allen County, including those of a school district or other district based next door. Of these, 8 renew a tax already collected. Which are on your own ballot depends on where you live: your county board of elections has each precinct’s sample ballot and the exact wording.
How earlier votes went: since March 17, 2020, 88 tax issues reaching Allen County have been decided — 80 passed and 8 failed. Renewals passed 67 of 69; of the issues asking for new money, 10 of 14 passed; of the other 5 (replacements and issues the state’s list marks neither new nor a renewal), 3 passed.
Allen County · November 3, 2026 general election
- Tax issues
- 8
- Asking for new money
- 0
- Renewals
- 8
4 from school districts
a new tax, an increase or a bond
continue a tax already collected
No issue in Allen County matches that name.
School districts 4
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Delphos City
Renewal SchoolsSchool district · also reaches Van Wert County
Property tax, 5.5 mills · 5 years · from 2027
Current expenses
Continues a levy already on the bill. If it passes, the levy keeps going as it is today; if it fails, it ends when its current term runs out. Delphos City sits at Ohio’s 20-mill floor on the state’s 2025 rates, so its operating levies, this one among them, are no longer cut when homes are revalued: what they collect rises with values, which a 2025 law holds to inflation.
Delphos City’s budget forecast (FY2027 fall) counts no new levy and shows no shortfall through FY2030. Its budget →
5 earlier tax issues from Delphos City since 2020
- May 2025 · Income tax, renewal, 0.5% — Current expenses — passed 691 to 442
- Mar 2024 · Property tax, renewal, 5.5 mills — Current operating expenses — passed 951 to 646
- Mar 2024 · Property tax, renewal, 2.25 mills — General permanent improvements — passed 962 to 630
- May 2022 · Property tax, renewal, 5.5 mills — Current expenses — passed 925 to 750
- Mar 2020 · Income tax, new, 0.5% — Current expenses — passed 1,834 to 922
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Lima City
Renewal SchoolsSchool district
Property tax, 5.99 mills · 5 years · from 2027
Acquire, construct, enlarge, renovate, finance general permanent improvements; current operating expenses
Continues a levy already on the bill. If it passes, the levy keeps going as it is today; if it fails, it ends when its current term runs out. When homes are revalued, the state cuts its rate so it collects the same total — so a home whose value rose more than most pays a little more of it.
Lima City’s budget forecast (FY2027 fall) counts no new levy and shows no shortfall through FY2030. Its budget →
2 earlier tax issues from Lima City since 2020
- Nov 2023 · Property tax, renewal, 6.7 mills — Emergency requirements — passed 3,577 to 1,747
- Nov 2021 · Property tax, renewal, 5.99 mills — General permanent improvements & current expenses — passed 3,236 to 1,376
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Perry Local
Renewal SchoolsSchool district
Property tax, 4.9 mills · 5 years · from 2026
Current expenses
Continues a levy already on the bill. If it passes, the levy keeps going as it is today; if it fails, it ends when its current term runs out. When homes are revalued, the state cuts its rate so it collects the same total — so a home whose value rose more than most pays a little more of it.
Perry Local’s budget forecast (FY2027 fall) counts no new levy and shows no shortfall through FY2030. Its budget →
4 earlier tax issues from Perry Local since 2020
- Mar 2024 · Property tax, renewal, 3.135 mills — Avoid an operating deficit — passed 322 to 221
- Nov 2023 · Property tax, substitute, 3.287 mills — Necessary requirements — failed 458 to 515
- Nov 2021 · Property tax, renewal, 1.5 mills — Permanent improvements — passed 388 to 174
- Nov 2020 · Property tax, renewal, 4.9 mills — Current expenses — passed 1,007 to 594
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Spencerville Local
Renewal SchoolsSchool district · also reaches Auglaize and Van Wert counties
Income tax, 1% · 5 years · from Jan 1, 2028
Current expenses
No change: it continues a tax already collected.
Spencerville Local’s budget forecast (FY2027 fall) counts no new levy and shows no shortfall through FY2030. Its budget →
3 earlier tax issues from Spencerville Local since 2020
- Nov 2025 · Property tax, renewal, 1.4 mills — Permanent improvements — passed 481 to 303
- Nov 2021 · Income tax, renewal, 1% — Current expenses — passed 670 to 284
- Nov 2020 · Property tax, renewal, 1.4 mills — Permanent improvements — passed 1,784 to 806
Townships 4
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Monroe
Renewal Fire & EMSTownship
Property tax, 0.5 mills · 5 years · from 2027
Fire protection & EMS
Continues a levy already on the bill. If it passes, the levy keeps going as it is today; if it fails, it ends when its current term runs out. When homes are revalued, the state cuts its rate so it collects the same total — so a home whose value rose more than most pays a little more of it.
3 earlier tax issues from Monroe since 2020
- Nov 2025 · Property tax, renewal, 1 mill — Fire protection & EMS — passed 261 to 79
- May 2021 · Property tax, renewal, 0.5 mills — Fire & EMS — passed 117 to 20
- Nov 2020 · Property tax, renewal, 1 mill — Fire & EMS — passed 841 to 332
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Perry
Renewal Fire & EMSTownship
Property tax, 1.5 mills · 5 years · from 2027
Fire protection & EMS
Continues a levy already on the bill. If it passes, the levy keeps going as it is today; if it fails, it ends when its current term runs out. When homes are revalued, the state cuts its rate so it collects the same total — so a home whose value rose more than most pays a little more of it.
6 earlier tax issues from Perry since 2020
- Nov 2025 · Property tax, renewal, 4.4 mills — Fire protection & EMS — passed 367 to 183
- Nov 2023 · Property tax, renewal, 0.5 mills — Fire protection & EMS — passed 628 to 351
- Nov 2022 · Property tax, renewal, 1 mill — Current expenses — passed 695 to 395
- Nov 2021 · Property tax, renewal, 1 mill — Fire & EMS — passed 394 to 142
- Nov 2021 · Property tax, renewal, 1.5 mills — Fire & EMS — passed 393 to 142
- Nov 2020 · Property tax, renewal, 4.4 mills — Fire & EMS — passed 1,078 to 490
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Perry
Renewal Fire & EMSTownship
Property tax, 1 mill · 5 years · from 2027
Fire protection
Continues a levy already on the bill. If it passes, the levy keeps going as it is today; if it fails, it ends when its current term runs out. When homes are revalued, the state cuts its rate so it collects the same total — so a home whose value rose more than most pays a little more of it.
6 earlier tax issues from Perry since 2020
- Nov 2025 · Property tax, renewal, 4.4 mills — Fire protection & EMS — passed 367 to 183
- Nov 2023 · Property tax, renewal, 0.5 mills — Fire protection & EMS — passed 628 to 351
- Nov 2022 · Property tax, renewal, 1 mill — Current expenses — passed 695 to 395
- Nov 2021 · Property tax, renewal, 1 mill — Fire & EMS — passed 394 to 142
- Nov 2021 · Property tax, renewal, 1.5 mills — Fire & EMS — passed 393 to 142
- Nov 2020 · Property tax, renewal, 4.4 mills — Fire & EMS — passed 1,078 to 490
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Sugar Creek
Renewal General operatingTownship
Property tax, 2 mills · 5 years · from 2027
Current expenses
Continues a levy already on the bill. If it passes, the levy keeps going as it is today; if it fails, it ends when its current term runs out. When homes are revalued, the state cuts its rate so it collects the same total — so a home whose value rose more than most pays a little more of it.
1 earlier tax issue from Sugar Creek since 2020
- May 2022 · Property tax, renewal, 2 mills — Current expenses — passed 185 to 71
Where this comes from
The Ohio Secretary of State’s list of local questions and issues for the November 3, 2026 general election, as the state published it on September 18, 2026; the results replace it once they are certified. Tax issues only: liquor options, zoning and charter questions are left out. The state files each issue under the county its body is based in; this page lists it under every county it reaches. Earlier issues go back to 2020, from the state’s results for each election.
A new property tax levy costs $35 a year for every mill on each $100,000 of a home’s value, the figure Ohio ballots print: since 2013 a new levy gets none of the state’s rollback credits. A renewal continues a levy already on the bill: if it passes, the levy keeps going as it is today, and if it fails, it ends when its current term runs out. A school district’s budget forecast is its own, filed with the state; this site’s School budgets pages show every line, and the levy calculator works one out for your own home.
Nothing here is for or against any issue. The exact ballot wording is your county board of elections’.