Ballots will be limited to local elections this year. No statewide issues qualified for the 2025 election, and the state and federal races that often drive voter turnout won't come up until 2026.

The incumbent Delaware Municipal Court Clerk is being challenged by a newcomer in her bid for reelection in Ohio's general election is Nov. 4.

City of Delaware voters have a choice from five candidates for three seats on City Council in November, including three incumbents seeking reelection.

Early in-person voting in Delaware County can be done at the county's Board of Elections, located at 2079 U.S. Highway 23 North. Early voting begins on Oct. 7. The Delaware County Board of Elections will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays between Oct. 7 and Oct. 24, according to the board.

In March, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission spent two days evaluating Delaware County’s hash testing process on all of the equipment at the Elections Bureau at the Wharf in Chester as well as a random selection of devices at the county voting machine warehouse, also in Chester.

A Delaware County resident asked county council to release information about this year’s budget prior to the Nov. 4 election, however, county officials said that won’t be the case. Two county council seats are up for election this year and there are candidates on both sides of the aisle,