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• 2021 Local Election: Burke and Walker vie for Council

  By Jessica ThomasSeptember 20, 2021

  

  Seven villagers are looking for votes to fill three contested Council seats in the upcoming November election. This week, the News will spotlight two first-time candidates, Linsday Burke and Issa Walker, who answered questions from the News in emailed responses.

• Looking ahead to local races

  By Cheryl DurgansApril 7, 2021

  

  On Tuesday, Nov. 2, local voters will decide who will serve as Council members and mayor starting four-year terms on Jan. 1, 2022. Out of the five current Council members, three seats held by Laura Curliss, Kevin Stokes and Council President Brian Housh are in play.

• Pandemic election concludes

  By YS News StaffDecember 6, 2020

  

  Absentee was the most popular way to vote in this election, as 34,700 ballots were cast absentee, more than one third of the total, 89,627. Another 33,676 voted in person on election day, 19,951 voted early in person and 1,791 voted with a provisional ballot.

• Election ran smoothly in Yellow Springs

  By Audrey HackettNovember 18, 2020

  

  Emotions ran high, and a pandemic raged on, but a historic election unfolded without incident in Yellow Springs on Tuesday, Nov. 3.

• 2020 Election preliminary results— Trump takes Ohio, Village levy passes

  By YS News StaffNovember 4, 2020

  

  According to unofficial results, Trump won Ohio, and its 18 electoral votes, by a margin of 53% to 45%.

• Election Day 2020: how to vote

  By YS News StaffNovember 2, 2020

  

  Voters have just two days left to cast their ballots for the 2020 presidential general election. There are three ways to vote in this election. Read more in our Voter’s Guide for the 2020 General Election:

• Ballard seeks Ohio Senate seat

  By Audrey HackettOctober 30, 2020

  

  The News rounds out its candidate spotlights this week with a brief profile of Democratic state senatorial candidate Charles Ballard.

• Tims vies for House seat; Lachman runs for judge

  By Audrey HackettOctober 27, 2020

  

  The News continues its election coverage this week with profiles of two more area candidates. Both candidates are Democrats with support among Yellow Springs’ heavily Democratic voters.

• Village seeks levy renewal

  By Carol Simmons

  

  The 8.4-mill, five-year levy, first adopted in 2006, generates about $835,000 annually, according to the Greene County Auditor’s Office. As a fixed-rate levy, its passage will not increase voters’ tax bill, despite the recent increase in local property values.

• Voting begins for Nov. 3 election

  By Audrey HackettOctober 16, 2020

  

  Election Day — Tuesday, Nov. 3 — is less than a month away, and election season in Ohio is in full swing.