Greene County certifies final November election petitions in emergency meeting

The Greene County Board of Elections finished certifying petitions for the November election during an emergency meeting Friday.

The board called an emergency meeting Thursday night for Friday morning to certify county liquor option votes and the petition of Melissa Dodd, who is running unopposed for the fiscal officer seat in New Jasper Twp.

Elections Director Alisha Lampert cited a clerical error at the Board of Elections’ Aug. 16 meeting, plus future scheduling conflicts as reasons for the emergency Friday meeting.

Petitions for state races and tax issues were certified earlier, Lampert said.

Local candidates for county auditor, sheriff, county commission and two common pleas judges, all incumbents, are running unopposed in November. Republican incumbent Brian Lampton will face off against Democrat Eric Price for the Ohio House of Representatives District 70 seat, and GOP incumbent Bill Dean faces Democrat James Duffee to represent Ohio House District 71.

Candidates in seven precincts will also vote on nine liquor options, predominantly in Beavercreek and Jamestown, and voters in several jurisdictions will decide on local tax issues.

Early voting begins Oct. 12.

Ohio normally doesn’t have an August primary, but did this year because legislative maps drawn by the Ohio Redistricting Commission were repeatedly ruled unconstitutional by the Ohio Supreme Court. The primary for the Statehouse races was moved from May to August, and one of the maps ruled unconstitutional was ordered to be used for the August primary to make the election happen.