ATHENS COUNTY, Ohio –– At its December 17, 2025, meeting, the members of the Athens County Board of Elections voted to make the following changes to Athens County precincts and polling locations starting for 2026 elections:
Precinct consolidation
• Combine Athens 1-4 and Athens 1-5 to become all Athens 1-4
• Combine Athens 2-1 and Athens 2-5 to become all Athens 2-1
• Combine Athens 2-2 and Athens 2-3 to become all Athens 2-2
• Combine Athens 3-1 and Athens 3-3 to become all Athens 3-1
• Combine Athens South with portion of Athens East (Richland Fire District) to become all AthensSouth
• Combine Plains 1 with portion of Athens East (Plains Fire District) to become all Plains 1
• Combine Millfield and Sugar Creek to become Dover East
Precinct renaming
• Athens 2-4 renamed to Athens 2-3
• Athens 3-4 renamed to Athens 3-3
• Athens 3-5 renamed to Athens 3-4
• Athens 3-6 renamed to Athens 3-5
• Circle Hill renamed to Dover West
Polling location changes
• Newly formed Athens 3-1 moved to Baker Center located at 1 Park Pl, Athens
• Athens 3-2 moved to Baker Center located at 1 Park Pl, Athens
• Chauncey and Newly formed Dover East to United Methodist Church located at 3 N. Plains Road, The Plains
• Newly formed Athens South moved to The Dairy Barn located at 8000 Dairy Lane, Athens
• Athens 1-1, Athens 1-2, Athens 1-3 and Athens Baker to American Legion located at 520 W. Union St, Athens
This would take Athens County to 50 precincts and 16 polling locations.
Reasons for these changes are:
• Reduction in the number of registered votes in the county.
• Reduce logistical issues with polling locations – examples: parking or access to location.
• Improve efficiency.
• Ensuring adequate staffing and security at locations.
• Improve election night reporting.
• Cost savings to the county.
Notices will be mailed out to all registered voters in these precincts/polling locations giving them the needed information regarding the changes that apply to them specifically.
We want to also remind voters that there are still multiple ways to vote in every election, such as early-in person voting at the Board of Elections (Schedule will be posted before each election for the hours), absentee by mail (applications are currently being accepted for all elections this year) or you can go to your polling location and vote on Election Day.
If anyone has any questions or concerns, feel free to contact the BOE office at 740-592-3201.
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