Make Your Voice Heard — Election Day is Tuesday, November 4 2025

Election Day is nearly here on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, Ohioans will have their opportunity to cast ballots for a range of local and county offices. As a firm that supports Ohio workers and their rights, and with Kurt serving previously as a voting rights attorney and of late on the Lucas County Board of Elections, we believe it’s important to ensure everyone who’s eligible can exercise this fundamental right.

Here are two key things to keep in mind:

Bring a valid photo ID
Ohio law requires that voters present a valid photo identification when voting in person. Acceptable forms of ID include an unexpired Ohio driver’s license, Ohio state ID card, interim ID from the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV), a U.S. passport or passport card, a U.S. military ID, an Ohio National Guard ID, or a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs ID.

Find Where To Vote 
Sadly Boards of Elections do not own their polling places in Ohio or most states.  We rent them. And private entities don’t have to rent to us. Also things about a polling place can change making it unusable.  So you polling place may have changed.  If you live in Lucas County, the Board of Elections has a one stop shop.  Go to https://www.lucascountyohiovotes.gov/voter_information/index.php

And you can check your registration, your polling place, even get a sample of what is on your ballot to look at in advance.  

If you don’t live in Lucas County you can still go to 
https://www.ohiosos.gov/elections/voters/  To check where to vote 


You don’t have to worry about getting to the polls 
Right here in the Toledo area, the Toledo Area Jobs with Justice (a non-partisan, volunteer-run organization) is offering free rides to the polls for anyone in need. Whether you’re commuting to your precinct on Election Day or heading to an early voting center, they’ve got you covered. 
Call (419) 868-3669 (419-VOTE-NOW) to schedule your ride. And we work with them so we know they are good and dependable.  

Don’t want to count on them?  Well then how about TARTA?  The Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority is offering free rides on Election Day as well go here for more details. 
https://tarta.com/community/voter-ready-with-tarta/


Why this matters:
People call these odd year elections “Off Year Elections” because we don’t vote for State or Federal Offices in most cases.  But, we do vote for City, Village and Township Leaders, Board of Educations Leaders, also on levies and charter amendments that decide how your area is run.  There are nearly over one hundred people, and over a dozen issues you could be asked to decide on.  And to use a quote from an old tv show “Decisions are made by those who show up”. 

Final Tip: Plan ahead
Check that your photo ID is valid and includes your name (it must “substantially conform” to the name on your registration, it’s OK if address doesn’t we have other safeguards to handle that).

Confirm where you vote

If transportation is the issue make sure to talk to TARTA or Toledo Area Jobs With Justice, the later has voicemail, leave one they do call back and again both are free and the later is DOOR TO DOOR service. 

Go on the Board of Elections website, or check with your League of Women Voters or Newspaper Website they will have what candidates and issues will be on the ballot.  And make your mind up on what or who to support.   

If the ride-service line is busy, leave a voicemail (they will call you back).
Make a plan: when you’ll go, how you’ll get there, and what you’ll bring. Share the free ride option with friends or coworkers who might benefit.

Plan out your time to go and then go and vote. 

At our firm, we believe that participating in democracy is part of being a meaningful member of the workforce and the community. We hope you’ll make your voice heard on November 4.  Believe us the choices we have made in 1994 to now have dramatically shifted workers compensation law against you.  But you can start to change that. 

But no matter who you vote for get there.  Don’t give up a right won by brave women & men facing bayonets and bombs or fire hoses and snarling dogs.  

The Law Offices of Kurt M. Young, LLC www.kmylaw.com fighting hard for Hard-Working Ohioans