13-02-2025
Board of Elections approve candidates, issues for primary election
Feb. 13—JEFFERSON — At a Tuesday meeting, the Ashtabula County Board of Elections approved a number of issues and candidates for the upcoming May primary.
A total of 11 issues and three liquor options will be before voters. Of those levies, seven are renewals, two are replacements, and two are additional.
The new levies are a 1.75 mill, five-year fire service levy for Geneva Township, excluding the city and the village of Geneva-on-the-Lake, and a two-mill, five-year fire and EMS levy for Trumbull Township, according to information from the Board of Elections.
Monroe Township voters will see a replacement 1.5-mill, five-year roads and bridges levy, and Pierpont Township is seeking the replacement of a 2.5 mill, five-year ambulance service levy.
County-wide, there will be renewals of a .6-mill Mental Health and Recovery Services levy and a one-mill senior services levy, both with five-year durations.
The Conneaut Area City Schools is seeking the renewal of a 1.5-mill, five-year permanent improvement levy.
Colebrook Township has a trio of five-year levies up for renewal, one mill for operating expenses, one mill for parks and recreation and 1.9 mills for roads and bridges.
Wayne Township voters will see renewal of a two-mill, five-year fire and EMS levy on the ballot.
Three liquor options are on the ballot, all for Sunday sales at establishments in Conneaut.
For candidates, four were approved for the Geneva City Council race. Three are Democrats, Rose Arthur, John Barbo and Bradley MacMichael, and one Republican, William Baker. Baker and Barbo currently serve on council.
In Ashtabula, one candidate was approved for Ashtabula Municipal Court Judge, incumbent Laura DiGiacomo.
For city council, incumbent Democrat Jodi Mills was approved as a candidate for the Ward 4 race, and Democrat Mary L. Graves and Republican incumbent Jane DiGiacomo were approved for Ward 5.
Board of Elections Director Charlie Frye said candidates for races in the city of Ashtabula have until Feb. 20 to file to run for office. The board will meet again at 10 a.m. Feb. 21 to certify any candidates who file to run for office between Tuesday's meeting and the deadline.
The board approved machine allocations for the primary at the meeting. The only change was moving the precincts that usually vote at Lakeside High School to Lakeside Junior High, due to the roof collapse at the high school.
