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6 local tax issues are on the November 3 ballot in Hardin 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 Hardin 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 5 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, 65 tax issues reaching Hardin County have been decided — 50 passed and 15 failed. Renewals passed 40 of 43; of the issues asking for new money, 7 of 17 passed; of the other 5 (replacements), 3 passed.

Hardin County · November 3, 2026 general election

Tax issues
6

1 from a school district

Asking for new money
1

a new tax, an increase or a bond

Renewals
5

continue a tax already collected

School districts 1

  1. Elgin Local

    Renewal Schools

    School district · based in Marion County

    Property tax, 2.88 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. Elgin 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.

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

    1 earlier tax issue from Elgin Local since 2020
    • Nov 2021 · Property tax, renewal, 4.6 mills — Avoid an operating deficit — passed 649 to 533

Libraries 1

  1. Ada Public Library

    Renewal Library

    Library · also reaches Hancock County

    Property tax, 1 mill · 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 Ada Public Library since 2020
    • Nov 2023 · Property tax, renewal, 1 mill — Current expenses — passed 1,208 to 587
    • Nov 2021 · Property tax, renewal, 1 mill — Current expenses — passed 778 to 381

Fire, EMS, parks and other districts 4

  1. Ada-Liberty Joint Ambulance District

    Renewal Fire & EMS

    Ambulance district

    Property tax, 2 mills · 5 years · from 2027

    Ambulance & 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.

    1 earlier tax issue from Ada-Liberty Joint Ambulance District since 2020
    • Nov 2022 · Property tax, new, 2 mills — Ambulance service, emergency medical service or both — passed 1,187 to 623

  2. Liberty Township Park District

    Renewal Parks

    Park district

    Property tax, 1 mill · 5 years · from 2027

    Parks & recreation

    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. Liberty Township Park District

    Renewal Parks

    Park district

    Property tax, 1.5 mills · 5 years · from 2027

    Parks & recreation

    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.

  4. North Hardin County Fire District

    New Fire & EMS

    Fire district

    Property tax, 0.9 mills · 5 years · from 2026

    Fire protection & EMS

    $31.50 a year for each $100,000 of the county auditor’s value

    $100,000 × 35% = $35,000 taxed × 0.9 mills ($0.90 for each $1,000) = $31.50

    For a home the county values at $150,000: $47.25 a year $200,000: $63 a year $250,000: $78.75 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’.