Current Candidates:
Ottawa Co. Candidates: Primary Election – May 5, 2026
Ottawa Co. Candidates : General Election – November 3, 2026
Resources:
BO-efile Login & Learning Center
Local Committee Public Disclosure Search Site
Petition Information:
Below are links (in blue) and information for running as a candidate.
** The Ottawa Co BOE strongly encourages picking up petitions in the office. **
Petition page guidance – This link offers guidance for completing a petition page.
** For best results – print petition page forms in duplex (front & back) on legal size paper **
** Petition signatures are compared with voting signatures **
Checklist for petition submission – This link offers guidance prior to submitting a whole petition.
ORC 3517.21- Infiltration of campaign- false statements
A filing fee is due at time of submission of petitions – cash or check.
It is the candidate, not the Board of Elections, who is responsible for the validity & completion of a petition.
If the BOE does not call you, you will be on the ballot.