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22 local tax issues are on the November 3 ballot in Stark 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 Stark County, including those of a school district or other district based next door. Of these, 9 ask for new money (a new tax, an increase or a bond) and 13 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, 238 tax issues reaching Stark County have been decided — 181 passed and 57 failed. Renewals passed 112 of 118; of the issues asking for new money, 36 of 83 passed; of the other 37 (decreases, replacements and issues the state’s list marks neither new nor a renewal), 33 passed.
Stark County · November 3, 2026 general election
- Tax issues
- 22
- Asking for new money
- 9
- Renewals
- 13
5 from school districts
a new tax, an increase or a bond; 1 from school districts
continue a tax already collected
No issue in Stark County matches that name.
School districts 5
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Alliance City
Renewal School buildingsSchool district · also reaches Columbiana and Mahoning counties
Property tax, 2 mills · 5 years · from 2027
Permanent improvements
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.
Building money: kept outside the general fund, so it is not in Alliance City’s budget forecast. Its budget →
2 earlier tax issues from Alliance City since 2020
- May 2022 · Property tax, new, 2.7 mills — General permanent improvements — passed 1,141 to 1,062
- Nov 2021 · Property tax, renewal, 2 mills — Construct, add to, renovate, remodel, rehabilitate, improve, furnish, & equip buildings & sites — passed 1,061 to 586
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Massillon City
Renewal SchoolsSchool district
Property tax, 4.9 mills · 5 years · from 2027
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. Massillon 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.
Massillon City’s budget forecast (FY2027 fall) counts no new levy and shows no shortfall through FY2030. Its budget →
4 earlier tax issues from Massillon City since 2020
- Nov 2025 · Property tax, renewal, 2.9 mills — Emergency requirements — passed 2,565 to 1,805
- Nov 2023 · Property tax, renewal, 6.4 mills — Emergency Requirements — passed 4,538 to 3,662
- Nov 2022 · Property tax, renewal, 6.5 mills — Emergency requirements — passed 4,247 to 3,842
- Nov 2020 · Property tax, renewal, 4.4 mills — Emergency requirements — passed 6,908 to 5,005
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Plain Local
New School buildingsSchool district
Bond, $116.8 million · 37 years · from 2026
Construct, furnish, equip, renovate, rehab, remodel, add to & improve school district buildings & facilities
$123 a year for each $100,000 of the county auditor’s value
The county auditor’s estimate, as the ballot states it: 3.5 mills a year on average over the life of the bond. Source: the Stark County Board of Elections’ notice of election.
For a home the county values at $150,000: $184.50 a year $200,000: $246 a year $250,000: $307.50 a year
Borrows $116.8 million over 37 years, repaid by a property tax levy. Its rate is set each year to meet that year’s payments, so it moves around the estimate, and like any levy approved now it carries none of the state’s rollback credits. Your home’s county value is on your tax bill.
Plain Local Schools says its GlenOak High School bond, about 2.2 mills today, is paid off in 2031. Source: Plain Local Schools.
Building money: kept outside the general fund, so it is not in Plain Local’s budget forecast. Its budget →
1 earlier tax issue from Plain Local since 2020
- May 2026 · Bond, new, $116.8 million — Construct, furnish, equip, renovate, rehabilitate, remodel, add & improve school district buildings & facilities; acquire, clear, equip & improve sites; demolish existing buildings & facilities — failed 5,023 to 5,635
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Sandy Valley Local
Renewal SchoolsSchool district · also reaches Carroll and Tuscarawas counties
Property tax, 2.3 mills · 5 years · from 2027
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. Sandy Valley 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.
Sandy Valley Local’s budget forecast (FY2027 fall) counts no new levy and runs short in FY2030. Its budget →
3 earlier tax issues from Sandy Valley Local since 2020
- Nov 2025 · Property tax, renewal, 2 mills — Permanent improvements — passed 839 to 634
- Nov 2021 · Property tax, renewal, 3.3 mills — Emergency requirements — passed 830 to 569
- Nov 2020 · Property tax, renewal, 2 mills — General permanent improvements — passed 2,290 to 1,537
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Wayne County Jvsd
Renewal School buildingsSchool district · based in Wayne County
Property tax, 0.5 mills · 5 years · from 2027
General permanent improvements
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.
Building money: kept outside the general fund, so it is not in Wayne County Jvsd’s budget forecast. Its budget →
1 earlier tax issue from Wayne County Jvsd since 2020
- Nov 2021 · Property tax, renewal, 0.5 mills — General permanent improvements — passed 10,170 to 5,388
Libraries 1
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Stark County Library District
Renewal and increase LibraryLibrary · also reaches Carroll, Portage and Summit counties
Property tax, 2.3 mills · 8 years · from 2027
Current expenses
Continues a levy on today’s bill and adds to it: 2.3 mills in all. The ballot states how much of it is new.
The county 1
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Stark Area Regional Transit Authority
Continuation TransitCounty
Sales tax, 0.25% · 10 years · from 2027
Transit purposes
No change: it continues a tax already collected.
Villages 6
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Beach City
New RoadsVillage
Property tax, 5 mills · 5 years · from 2026
Streets, roads & bridges
$175 a year for each $100,000 of the county auditor’s value
$100,000 × 35% = $35,000 taxed × 5 mills ($5.00 for each $1,000) = $175
For a home the county values at $150,000: $262.50 a year $200,000: $350 a year $250,000: $437.50 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.
2 earlier tax issues from Beach City since 2020
- Mar 2024 · Property tax, renewal, 3 mills — Fire protection & EMS — passed 94 to 46
- Nov 2023 · Property tax, renewal, 3 mills — Police protection & EMS — passed 170 to 123
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East Sparta
Renewal General operatingVillage
Property tax, 6.5 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.
8 earlier tax issues from East Sparta since 2020
- Nov 2025 · Property tax, new, 0.75 mills — Fire protection & EMS — passed 109 to 83
- Nov 2025 · Property tax, new, 3 mills — Streets, roads & bridges — passed 110 to 83
- Nov 2024 · Property tax, renewal, 0.75 mills — Fire protection & EMS — passed 235 to 151
- Nov 2024 · Property tax, new, 0.75 mills — Fire protection & EMS — failed 182 to 204
- Nov 2024 · Property tax, new, 3 mills — Construct, reconstruct, resurface & repair streets, roads & bridges — failed 173 to 210
- Nov 2021 · Property tax, renewal, 3 mills — Police & EMS — passed 84 to 45
- Nov 2021 · Property tax, renewal, 6.5 mills — Current expenses — passed 80 to 49
- Nov 2020 · Property tax, renewal, 0.75 mills — Fire & EMS — passed 260 to 137
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East Sparta
Renewal PoliceVillage
Property tax, 3 mills · 5 years · from 2026
Police 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.
8 earlier tax issues from East Sparta since 2020
- Nov 2025 · Property tax, new, 0.75 mills — Fire protection & EMS — passed 109 to 83
- Nov 2025 · Property tax, new, 3 mills — Streets, roads & bridges — passed 110 to 83
- Nov 2024 · Property tax, renewal, 0.75 mills — Fire protection & EMS — passed 235 to 151
- Nov 2024 · Property tax, new, 0.75 mills — Fire protection & EMS — failed 182 to 204
- Nov 2024 · Property tax, new, 3 mills — Construct, reconstruct, resurface & repair streets, roads & bridges — failed 173 to 210
- Nov 2021 · Property tax, renewal, 3 mills — Police & EMS — passed 84 to 45
- Nov 2021 · Property tax, renewal, 6.5 mills — Current expenses — passed 80 to 49
- Nov 2020 · Property tax, renewal, 0.75 mills — Fire & EMS — passed 260 to 137
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Magnolia
Renewal PoliceVillage · also reaches Carroll County
Property tax, 4 mills · 5 years · from 2027
Police 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.
8 earlier tax issues from Magnolia since 2020
- Nov 2025 · Property tax, renewal, 3 mills — Current expenses — passed 176 to 45
- Nov 2024 · Property tax, renewal, 2.5 mills — Fire protection & EMS — passed 368 to 128
- Nov 2022 · Property tax, renewal, 0.5 mills — Operate & maintain cemetery — passed 263 to 106
- Nov 2022 · Property tax, renewal, 3 mills — Current expenses — passed 278 to 93
- Nov 2021 · Property tax, renewal, 2 mills — Current expenses — passed 169 to 48
- Nov 2021 · Property tax, renewal, 3.5 mills — Current expenses — passed 165 to 53
- Nov 2021 · Property tax, renewal, 4 mills — Police protection — passed 163 to 54
- May 2021 · Property tax, renewal, 3 mills — Current expenses — passed 61 to 13
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Navarre
New PoliceVillage
Income tax, 0.25% · from Jan 1, 2027
Police protection
$25 a year for every $10,000 of income it taxes
2 earlier tax issues from Navarre since 2020
- Nov 2021 · Income tax, new, 0.25% — Street maintenance — failed 97 to 187
- May 2021 · Income tax, new, 0.25% — General municipal operations, street maintenance & improvement & capital improvements & equipment — failed 51 to 79
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Wilmot
New General operatingVillage
Income tax, 0.25% · 3 years · from Jan 1, 2027
General fund income
$25 a year for every $10,000 of income it taxes
3 earlier tax issues from Wilmot since 2020
- May 2026 · Income tax, new, 2% — General funds — failed 12 to 14
- Nov 2025 · Income tax, new, 2% — Operations, maintenance, new equipment, extension & enlargement of village services & facilities & capital improvements — failed 18 to 26
- Nov 2023 · Income tax, new, 0.75% — Fire and rescue services — passed 43 to 32
Townships 5
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Lexington
New RoadsTownship
Property tax, 1.5 mills · 5 years · from 2027
Streets, roads & bridges
$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.
11 earlier tax issues from Lexington since 2020
- Nov 2025 · Property tax, renewal, 1.7 mills — Streets, roads & bridges — passed 694 to 333
- Nov 2025 · Property tax, renewal, 2.9 mills — Police protection — passed 616 to 400
- Nov 2025 · Property tax, renewal, 1 mill — Police protection — passed 624 to 394
- Mar 2024 · Property tax, new, 1.5 mills — Streets, roads & bridges — failed 445 to 572
- Nov 2023 · Property tax, renewal, 1 mill — Fire protection & EMS
- Nov 2023 · Property tax, renewal, 0.5 mills — Police protection — passed 1,034 to 592
- Nov 2023 · Property tax, new, 1.5 mills — Streets, roads & bridges — failed 753 to 883
- Nov 2022 · Property tax, renewal, 0.75 mills — Current expenses — passed 1,188 to 626
- Nov 2020 · Property tax, renewal, 1.7 mills — Streets, roads & bridges — passed 1,732 to 787
- Nov 2020 · Property tax, renewal, 2.9 mills — Police protection — passed 1,511 to 987
- Nov 2020 · Property tax, renewal, 1 mill — Police protection — passed 1,552 to 935
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Marlboro
Renewal RoadsTownship
Property tax, 2 mills · 5 years · from 2027
Streets, roads & bridges
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 Marlboro since 2020
- Nov 2024 · Property tax, replacement and increase, 5.35 mills — Fire protection & EMS — passed 1,670 to 913
- Nov 2021 · Property tax, renewal, 2 mills — Streets, roads, & bridges — passed 868 to 366
- Nov 2020 · Property tax, new, 1 mill — Current expenses of a detention facility — failed 967 to 1,606
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Nimishillen
New Fire & EMSTownship
Property tax, 3 mills · 5 years · from 2027
Fire protection
$105 a year for each $100,000 of the county auditor’s value
$100,000 × 35% = $35,000 taxed × 3 mills ($3.00 for each $1,000) = $105
For a home the county values at $150,000: $157.50 a year $200,000: $210 a year $250,000: $262.50 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.
5 earlier tax issues from Nimishillen since 2020
- Nov 2025 · Property tax, renewal, 2 mills — Streets, roads & bridges — passed 1,702 to 1,204
- Nov 2023 · Property tax, renewal, 5 mills — Fire protection & EMS — passed 2,511 to 1,592
- Nov 2023 · Property tax, renewal, 1 mill — Streets, roads & bridges — passed 2,389 to 1,728
- Nov 2021 · Property tax, renewal, 2 mills — Fire & EMS — passed 1,138 to 544
- Nov 2020 · Property tax, renewal, 2 mills — Streets, roads & bridges — passed 3,280 to 2,288
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Perry
Renewal RoadsTownship
Property tax, 2 mills · 5 years · from 2026
Streets, roads & bridges
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.
7 earlier tax issues from Perry since 2020
- May 2026 · Property tax, new, 2.9 mills — Streets, roads & bridges — failed 2,045 to 3,495
- May 2025 · Property tax, new, 2.9 mills — Streets — failed 1,339 to 2,477
- Nov 2024 · Property tax, replacement, 4.9 mills — Fire protection & EMS — passed 7,191 to 7,148
- Nov 2024 · Property tax, replacement and increase, 3.9 mills — Construct, reconstruct, resurface & repair streets, roads & bridges — failed 5,689 to 8,651
- Mar 2024 · Property tax, replacement and increase, 7.8 mills — Streets, roads & bridges — failed 1,929 to 3,442
- May 2021 · Property tax, renewal, 2 mills — Streets, roads & bridges — passed 1,181 to 437
- Mar 2020 · Property tax, renewal, 4.9 mills — Fire & EMS — passed 4,524 to 1,273
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Pike
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.
Fire, EMS, parks and other districts 4
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Lake Township Fire District
New Fire & EMSFire district
Property tax, 2.75 mills · 5 years · from 2026
Fire protection & EMS
$96.25 a year for each $100,000 of the county auditor’s value
$100,000 × 35% = $35,000 taxed × 2.75 mills ($2.75 for each $1,000) = $96.25
For a home the county values at $150,000: $144.38 a year $200,000: $192.50 a year $250,000: $240.62 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.
3 earlier tax issues from Lake Township Fire District since 2020
- Nov 2022 · Property tax, renewal, 1.5 mills — Fire & EMS — passed 9,067 to 2,854
- May 2021 · Property tax, replacement, 3 mills — Fire & EMS — passed 673 to 329
- Nov 2020 · Property tax, renewal, 1.25 mills — Ambulance & emergency medical services — passed 11,740 to 3,878
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Lawrence Township Fire District
Renewal Fire & EMSFire district
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.
9 earlier tax issues from Lawrence Township Fire District since 2020
- Nov 2023 · Property tax, replacement, 1 mill — Fire protection — passed 2,140 to 1,277
- Nov 2023 · Property tax, replacement, 0.5 mills — Fire protection — passed 2,401 to 1,034
- Nov 2021 · Property tax, renewal, 0.5 mills — Fire & EMS — passed 996 to 884
- Nov 2021 · Property tax, renewal, 0.5 mills — Fire & EMS — passed 1,029 to 862
- Nov 2021 · Property tax, renewal, 1.9 mills — Fire & EMS — passed 1,021 to 874
- Aug 2021 · Property tax, renewal, 1.9 mills — Fire & EMS — failed 322 to 561
- Aug 2021 · Property tax, renewal, 0.5 mills — Fire & EMS — failed 321 to 558
- Nov 2020 · Property tax, replacement, 0.5 mills — Fire & EMS — failed 2,004 to 2,763
- Nov 2020 · Property tax, renewal, 1.9 mills — Fire & EMS — failed 2,331 to 2,427
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Paris Township Road District
New RoadsRoad district
Property tax, 2 mills · 5 years · from 2026
Streets, roads & bridges
$70 a year for each $100,000 of the county auditor’s value
$100,000 × 35% = $35,000 taxed × 2 mills ($2.00 for each $1,000) = $70
For a home the county values at $150,000: $105 a year $200,000: $140 a year $250,000: $175 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.
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Plain Township Road District
Renewal RoadsRoad district
Property tax, 1.5 mills · 5 years · from 2027
Streets, roads & bridges
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 Plain Township Road District since 2020
- Nov 2023 · Property tax, replacement and increase, 2 mills — Road repair — passed 7,492 to 6,649
- Nov 2021 · Property tax, renewal, 1.5 mills — Streets, roads, & bridges — passed 3,325 to 1,369
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’.