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5 local tax issues are on the November 3 ballot in Darke 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 Darke County, including those of a school district or other district based next door. Of these, 3 ask for new money (a new tax, an increase or a bond) and 2 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, 133 tax issues reaching Darke County have been decided — 119 passed and 14 failed. Renewals passed 88 of 91; of the issues asking for new money, 24 of 29 passed; of the other 13 (replacements), 7 passed.

Darke County · November 3, 2026 general election

Tax issues
5

1 from a school district

Asking for new money
3

a new tax, an increase or a bond; 1 from school districts

Renewals
2

continue a tax already collected

School districts 1

  1. Franklin Monroe Local

    New Schools

    School district · also reaches Miami County

    Income tax, 1.25% · 5 years · from Jan 1, 2027

    Current expenses

    $125 a year for every $10,000 of income it taxes

    Paid by the people who live in the district, on their income; the ballot says whether on all of it or on earnings only.

    Franklin Monroe Local’s budget forecast (FY2027 fall) counts no new levy and runs short in FY2030. Its budget →

    2 earlier tax issues from Franklin Monroe Local since 2020
    • Nov 2024 · Property tax, renewal, 1 mill — Permanent improvements — passed 905 to 863
    • May 2021 · Income tax, new, 0.5% — Current expenses — failed 97 to 286

Villages 3

  1. Ansonia

    Renewal General operating

    Village

    Property tax, 3 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.

    2 earlier tax issues from Ansonia since 2020
    • Nov 2023 · Property tax, renewal, 2.6 mills — Current expenses — passed 183 to 97
    • Nov 2021 · Property tax, renewal, 3 mills — Current expenses — passed 87 to 28

  2. Arcanum

    New Buildings

    Village

    Income tax, 0.5% · from Jan 1, 2027

    General municipal operations; maintain, extend & enlarge municipal services & facilities & new equipment

    $50 a year for every $10,000 of income it taxes

    9 earlier tax issues from Arcanum since 2020
    • Nov 2025 · Property tax, new, 1.75 mills — Current expenses — passed 327 to 230
    • Nov 2024 · Property tax, replacement, 0.5 mills — Current operating expenses — failed 665 to 668
    • Nov 2024 · Property tax, replacement, 1.6 mills — Current operating expenses — failed 601 to 720
    • Mar 2024 · Property tax, replacement, 1.6 mills — Current operating expenses — failed 204 to 253
    • Mar 2024 · Property tax, replacement, 0.5 mills — Current operating expenses — failed 227 to 230
    • Nov 2023 · Property tax, replacement, 1.6 mills — Current expenses — failed 373 to 484
    • Nov 2023 · Property tax, replacement, 0.5 mills — Current expenses — failed 431 to 438
    • Nov 2022 · Property tax, new, 2 mills — Police protection services — passed 532 to 412
    • Nov 2022 · Property tax, renewal, 1 mill — Parks & recreation expenses — passed 600 to 357

  3. Palestine

    Renewal General operating

    Village

    Property tax, 2.3 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 Palestine since 2020
    • Nov 2021 · Property tax, renewal, 2.3 mills — Current operating expenses — passed 31 to 8

Fire, EMS, parks and other districts 1

  1. Tri-Village Ambulance District

    New General operating

    Ambulance district

    Property tax, 1.5 mills · Continuing · from 2026

    Current expenses

    $52.50 a year for each $100,000 of the county auditor’s value

    $100,000 × 35% = $35,000 taxed × 1.5 mills ($1.50 for each $1,000) = $52.50

    For a home the county values at $150,000: $78.75 a year $200,000: $105 a year $250,000: $131.25 a year

    These are first-year figures. A levy approved now is charged at its full voted rate, with none of the state’s rollback credits; when the county next revalues homes, the state lowers its rate so that it collects the same dollars. Your home’s county value is on your tax bill.

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’.