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Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage of elections in the 100 largest cities in America by population and the largest counties that overlap those cities. This encompasses all city, county, judicial, school district, and special district offices appearing on the ballot within those cities.

This page includes the following resources:

• The city governments covered by Ballotpedia in Ohio
• An overview of local elections in Ohio
• An overview of the initiative process in Ohio

Cities

City government

Click the links in the table below for information about the cities in Ballotpedia's coverage scope and the county governments that overlap those cities:

City	County
Cleveland	Cuyahoga County
Cincinnati	Hamilton County
Columbus	Fairfield County, Franklin County
Toledo	Lucas County

According to a 2022 study from the U.S. Census Bureau, this state's local governments consist of 88 counties, 2,234 cities, towns, and villages, and 952 special districts.

Elections

Click the links below for information about the elections held in each municipality. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list of municipalities that held elections each year in this state; click here to learn more about Ballotpedia's local government coverage scope.

2024

See also: United States municipal elections, 2024 and School board elections, 2024

• Cuyahoga County, Ohio
• Fairfield County, Ohio
• Franklin County, Ohio
• Lucas County, Ohio
• Hamilton County, Ohio

2023

See also: United States municipal elections, 2023 and School board elections, 2023

• Cincinnati, Ohio
• Cleveland, Ohio
• Columbus, Ohio
• Toledo, Ohio
• Fairfield County, Ohio
• Franklin County, Ohio
• Hamilton County, Ohio
• Ohio school board elections

2022

See also: United States municipal elections, 2022 and School board elections, 2022

• Cuyahoga County, Ohio
• Fairfield County, Ohio
• Franklin County, Ohio
• Hamilton County, Ohio
• Lucas County, Ohio

2021

See also: United States municipal elections, 2021 and School board elections, 2021

• Cincinnati, Ohio
• Cleveland, Ohio
• Columbus, Ohio
• Toledo, Ohio
• Fairfield County, Ohio
• Franklin County, Ohio
• Ohio school board elections

2020

See also: United States municipal elections, 2020 and School board elections, 2020

• Cuyahoga County, Ohio
• Fairfield County, Ohio
• Franklin County, Ohio
• Hamilton County, Ohio
• Lucas County, Ohio
• Toledo, Ohio

Past elections

• Click here for past election information

  2019

  See also: United States municipal elections, 2019 and School board elections, 2019

  • Franklin County, Ohio
  • Hamilton County, Ohio
  • Columbus, Ohio
  • Toledo, Ohio
  • Ohio school board elections

  2018

  See also: United States municipal elections, 2018 and School board elections, 2018

  • Cuyahoga County, Ohio
  • Fairfield County, Ohio
  • Franklin County, Ohio
  • Hamilton County, Ohio
  • Lucas County, Ohio
  • Toledo, Ohio

  2017

  See also: United States municipal elections, 2017 and School board elections, 2017

  • Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Cleveland, Ohio
  • Columbus, Ohio
  • Toledo, Ohio
  • Ohio school board elections

  2016

  See also: United States municipal elections, 2016 and School board elections, 2016

  Ballotpedia did not cover any local elections in Ohio that year.

  2015

  See also: United States municipal elections, 2015 and School board elections, 2015

  • Cleveland, Ohio
  • Columbus, Ohio
  • Toledo, Ohio
  • Ohio school board elections

Initiative process availability

See also: Laws governing local ballot measures in Ohio

• All 66 General law cities have a mandated initiative process for ordinances.
• All 636 General law villages have a mandated initiative process for ordinances.
• All 183 Charter cities have a mandated initiative process for charter amendments.
• All 51 Charter villages have a mandated initiative process for charter amendments.
• All 86 General law counties do not have general initiative or referendum processes though Title V of the Ohio Revised Code specifies limited cases.
• All 2 Charter counties have a mandated initiative process for charter amendments.

See also

Ohio	Municipal government	Other local coverage
Ohio Ohio elections, 2024 Public policy in Ohio Influencers in Ohio	Top counties 100 largest cities Current mayors Current council officials	2024 municipal elections School board elections, 2024 Local ballot measure elections in 2024 2024 local judicial elections

External links

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