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7 local tax issues are on the November 3 ballot in Defiance 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 Defiance County, including those of a school district or other district based next door. Of these, 1 asks for new money (a new tax, an increase or a bond) and 6 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, 45 tax issues reaching Defiance County have been decided — 40 passed and 5 failed. Renewals passed 28 of 30; of the issues asking for new money, 11 of 14 passed; of the other 1 (a replacement), 1 passed.

Defiance County · November 3, 2026 general election

Tax issues
7

3 from school districts

Asking for new money
1

a new tax, an increase or a bond

Renewals
6

continue a tax already collected

School districts 3

  1. Ayersville Local

    Renewal Schools

    School district

    Property tax, 1.3 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. Ayersville Local 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.

    Ayersville Local’s budget forecast (FY2027 fall) counts no new levy and shows no shortfall through FY2030. Its budget →

    6 earlier tax issues from Ayersville Local since 2020
    • Nov 2023 · Property tax, renewal, 2 mills — General permanent Improvements — passed 913 to 633
    • May 2022 · Property tax, new, 1.3 mills — Current expenses — passed 704 to 637
    • May 2022 · Income tax, renewal, 1% — Current expenses — passed 745 to 589
    • Nov 2021 · Property tax, renewal, 1.6 mills — Current expenses — failed 488 to 490
    • Nov 2021 · Income tax, renewal, 1% — Current expenses — failed 445 to 534
    • Mar 2020 · Income tax, new, 0.75% — Current expenses — failed 569 to 818

  2. Central Local

    Renewal Schools

    School district · also reaches Williams County

    Property tax, 2.57 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. Central Local 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.

    Central Local’s budget forecast (FY2027 fall) counts no new levy and shows no shortfall through FY2030. Its budget →

    1 earlier tax issue from Central Local since 2020
    • May 2022 · Property tax, renewal, 3.66 mills — Emergency requirements — passed 649 to 559

  3. Northeastern Local

    Renewal Schools

    School district

    Property tax, 9.9 mills · 10 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. Northeastern Local 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.

    Northeastern Local’s budget forecast (FY2027 fall) counts no new levy and shows no shortfall through FY2030. Its budget →

    1 earlier tax issue from Northeastern Local since 2020
    • Nov 2023 · Property tax, renewal, 2.95 mills — Current expenses — passed 1,673 to 832

The county 1

  1. Defiance

    Renewal and increase Library

    County

    Property tax, 1.65 mills · 35 years · from 2026

    Current expenses of library

    Continues a levy on today’s bill and adds to it: 1.65 mills in all. The ballot states how much of it is new.

    6 earlier tax issues from Defiance since 2020
    • Nov 2025 · Property tax, new, 0.25 mills — Crime victim assistance program — failed 2,487 to 3,180
    • Nov 2024 · Property tax, renewal, 0.85 mills — Community Developmental Disabilities programs & services — passed 12,648 to 5,795
    • Nov 2024 · Property tax, renewal and increase, 1.9 mills — Provide or maintain Senior Citizens Services or facilities — passed 10,862 to 7,299
    • Nov 2023 · Property tax, renewal, 1.4 mills — Establish & operate 9-1-1 system & a countywide public safety communications system — passed 9,248 to 3,292
    • Nov 2022 · Property tax, renewal, 1.9 mills — Community mental retardation & developmental disabilities programs — passed 10,591 to 2,740
    • Nov 2020 · Property tax, renewal, 1.4 mills — Provide or maintain senior citizens services or facilities — passed 14,073 to 4,603

Villages 1

  1. Hicksville

    Renewal Fire & EMS

    Village

    Property tax, 2 mills · 5 years · from 2026

    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 Hicksville since 2020
    • Nov 2025 · Property tax, new, 2.6 mills — Current operating expenses — failed 106 to 336
    • Nov 2023 · Property tax, new, 5 mills — Fire operating expenses — passed 529 to 318
    • May 2022 · Property tax, renewal, 2 mills — Fire & EMS — passed 222 to 108

Townships 1

  1. Washington

    Renewal Fire & EMS

    Township

    Property tax, 1.5 mills · 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.

    3 earlier tax issues from Washington since 2020
    • Nov 2023 · Property tax, renewal, 2 mills — Repair roads & bridges — passed 459 to 132
    • Nov 2022 · Property tax, renewal, 1.5 mills — Fire & EMS — passed 488 to 126
    • Nov 2021 · Property tax, new, 2 mills — Fire & EMS — passed 232 to 56

Fire, EMS, parks and other districts 1

  1. Four County Mental Health Services District

    Renewal General operating

    Mental health district · based in Fulton County

    Property tax, 0.7 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.

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’.