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6 local tax issues are on the November 3 ballot in Washington 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 Washington 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, 71 tax issues reaching Washington County have been decided — 55 passed and 16 failed. Renewals passed 26 of 28; of the issues asking for new money, 15 of 28 passed; of the other 15 (replacements), 14 passed.

Washington County · November 3, 2026 general election

Tax issues
6

none from a school district

Asking for new money
1

a new tax, an increase or a bond

Renewals
5

continue a tax already collected

Libraries 1

  1. Washington County Public Library

    New Library

    Library

    Property tax, 0.5 mills · 10 years · from 2026

    Current expenses

    $17.50 a year for each $100,000 of the county auditor’s value

    $100,000 × 35% = $35,000 taxed × 0.5 mills ($0.50 for each $1,000) = $17.50

    For a home the county values at $150,000: $26.25 a year $200,000: $35 a year $250,000: $43.75 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.

    1 earlier tax issue from Washington County Public Library since 2020
    • Nov 2025 · Property tax, renewal, 1 mill — Current expenses — passed 6,207 to 5,212

The county 2

  1. Washington

    Renewal 911

    County

    Property tax, 0.35 mills · 5 years · from 2026

    Operate 911 system

    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 Washington since 2020
    • Nov 2025 · Property tax, replacement, 0.85 mills — Senior citizens — passed 6,857 to 4,867
    • Nov 2023 · Property tax, renewal, 0.55 mills — Support county children services board for the care & placement of children specifically to provide foster care placement services — passed 12,369 to 7,152
    • May 2022 · Property tax, renewal, 0.5 mills — Prevention, treatment & recovery programs for children, adolescents & adults at risk for mental illness & substance abuse disorders — passed 5,604 to 3,762
    • Nov 2021 · Property tax, renewal, 0.35 mills — Operation of 911 system — passed 6,435 to 2,690
    • Nov 2020 · Property tax, renewal, 0.85 mills — Provide or maintain senior citizens services or facilities — passed 22,554 to 8,588
    • Nov 2020 · Property tax, renewal, 2 mills — Maintain & operate the county home — passed 19,212 to 11,888

  2. Washington

    Renewal Children's services

    County

    Property tax, 0.5 mills · 5 years · from 2027

    Prevention, treatment & recovery programs for children, adolescents & adults

    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 Washington since 2020
    • Nov 2025 · Property tax, replacement, 0.85 mills — Senior citizens — passed 6,857 to 4,867
    • Nov 2023 · Property tax, renewal, 0.55 mills — Support county children services board for the care & placement of children specifically to provide foster care placement services — passed 12,369 to 7,152
    • May 2022 · Property tax, renewal, 0.5 mills — Prevention, treatment & recovery programs for children, adolescents & adults at risk for mental illness & substance abuse disorders — passed 5,604 to 3,762
    • Nov 2021 · Property tax, renewal, 0.35 mills — Operation of 911 system — passed 6,435 to 2,690
    • Nov 2020 · Property tax, renewal, 0.85 mills — Provide or maintain senior citizens services or facilities — passed 22,554 to 8,588
    • Nov 2020 · Property tax, renewal, 2 mills — Maintain & operate the county home — passed 19,212 to 11,888

Townships 3

  1. Newport

    Renewal Fire & EMS

    Township

    Property tax, 3 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.

    2 earlier tax issues from Newport since 2020
    • Nov 2022 · Property tax, replacement, 3 mills — Fire & emergency protection — passed 434 to 315
    • Nov 2021 · Property tax, replacement, 1.5 mills — Fire & EMS — passed 261 to 143

  2. Watertown

    Renewal Fire & EMS

    Township

    Property tax, 1.5 mills · 5 years · from 2027

    Fire protection, 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.

    4 earlier tax issues from Watertown since 2020
    • Mar 2024 · Property tax, new, 3 mills — Fire protection — passed 297 to 161
    • Nov 2022 · Property tax, replacement, 1.5 mills — Fire & EMS — passed 505 to 161
    • May 2022 · Property tax, new, 4 mills — Streets & roads — failed 139 to 155
    • Nov 2021 · Property tax, new, 4 mills — Construct & repair streets & roads — failed 131 to 136

  3. Wesley

    Renewal Fire & EMS

    Township

    Property tax, 4 mills · 5 years · from 2027

    Fire protection, 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.

    2 earlier tax issues from Wesley since 2020
    • Nov 2024 · Property tax, new, 1 mill — Maintain & operate cemeteries — failed 161 to 250
    • Nov 2021 · Property tax, replacement, 4 mills — Fire & EMS — passed 106 to 37

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’.