Kurt Young

09/28/2026

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09/22/2026

Thanks to the League of Women Voters for having us join you all last night

09/18/2026

We're coming up on the end of voter registration and the beginning of Early Voting in Ohio.

Before October 5th, check to make sure you are registered to vote with your current name and preferably your current address and that your information on your Ohio BMV ID (driver's license or state ID) matches your voter registration in the Ohio Secretary of State or your local Board of Elections database.

Also check that ID and make sure won't expire before the day you plan to vote. If it will, fix that now too.

Then make your plan vote, This is from my Board of Elections as far Early Voting Center Hours, but these hours are universal in Ohio. If you're in Lucas County go to our website and check your registration there as it will tell you where your polling place is if you want to vote on Election Day. It will also show you a mock up of all the issues and candidates you can choose from.

Also don't let a ride to the polls be the difference between voting or not. In Northwest Ohio call Toledo Area Jobs with Justice at 419 VOTE NOW or (419) 868-3669 for free, door to door rides to the Early Vote Center, the Drop Box, or your poling place.

Above all else, get out there and vote. Democracy is a use it or lose it thing.

Or to quote my favorite fictional president, Jed Bartlet (The West Wing ), "decisions are made by those who show up or former Texas Governor Ann Richards “If you aren’t at the table, you’re on the menu.”

09/16/2026

Kurt was a guest for the second time on a local podcast about issues and politics, talking about the 2026 General Election and things that can affect you as a voter in Ohio.

A voter’s guide to avoiding Election Day confusion

09/15/2026

The deadline to register to vote or fix any issues with your voter registration in the state of Ohio for the November election is October 5th by 9 PM.

Today is national voter registration day. So if you know someone who isn't registered to vote, today is a good day to remind them to get registered.

If you are registered to vote in Lucas County Ohio, do something for myself and my fellow Board of Elections Members, go to our website to our voter information page and check your registration right now:

https://lookup.boe.ohio.gov/vtrapp/lucas/vtrlookup.aspx #

Make sure you registration is current. Check your name, it is your name on your ID documents? If not fix that. If you address is different than where you live, change that. But go a step further, compare them with the form of photo ID that you will use (and we do already require Photo ID in Ohio). Make sure they match on spelling of your name, date of birth, etc. If not go fix them, now. Otherwise you can't vote a regular ballot.

While you are on a webpage on the voter information screen you can also confirm your poling place's location, yes we sometimes have to move them, no that is not a voter suppression effort, and we do contact you with post cards, etc. But confirm it now if you plan on voting on Election Day.

Soon, you can also see a sample of what your ballot will look like on Election Day, we are finalizing them right now.

You can also check on your absentee ballot request and track it through the process. You can also sign up to be a poll worker.

09/11/2026

A reflection I shared on my firm’s Facebook account:

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1779718467265306&id=100056815095153

07/19/2026

https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/07/18/to-editor-ohios-elections-secure-bipartisan-well-run/stories/20260720010?fbclid=IwdGRjcATJp0NwZG9mBWZkaWQWUK0vLVQLZb1DIcqGBKHXqzypWjdbZ2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR4oRiF0LBx9034xU6x0BwQm8O6hiJO8F84bDPYztOxvcfSoDp_VgDiyYnz7kQ_aem_2xcBkM0wXbORf5NwI9tEOg

I serve on the Lucas County Board of Elections as its ranking Democrat. I have been on the board for more than seven years, after about 14 years as a board ...

07/17/2026

So I have written a little opinion piece that is supposed to be printed soon about elections, especially given all of the talk about election integrity and security.

But I did this a couple of years ago but I think it is worth reposting from time to time to help people understand what exactly Elections Administrators do in the Ohio and the US.

So, this is a little video we did to help people understand what an Ohio county's Board of Elections, in this case mine, do every election in general and PLEAD for you all to sign up as poll workers wherever you are.

Want to understand how elections are handled and the jobs a County ...

05/05/2026

Reminder, thanks to recent changes in Ohio Election Law you have to have your absentee ballot to us at the Board of Elections by 7:30 PM.

YOU CANNOT take it to your polling place. Our drop box is at 3737 W. Sylvania Ave.

If you are in line at the drop box at 7:30 PM, they will mark the end of the line and let you drop off your vote.

If you need transportation to make it, call 419 VOTE NOW (419-868-3669) and Toledo Area Jobs with Justice will get your there to make your drop and back for free.

05/05/2026

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