Associated Press A person drops off a ballot for Washington state's primary election, on Tuesday. In Ohio, the tax issues on the Nov. 3 ballot have been set, subject to certification by county boards of election.

YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County Court Judge J.P. Morgan is being challenged for his seat by Joe Schiavoni, a former Ohio Senate minority leader, in the general election.

Also, 28 tax issues are on the ballot in Mahoning County — all of them renewals except a 1.5-mill additional levy in Green Township for fire services.

Wednesday was the deadline to file for the nonpartisan seat and for issues to appear on the Nov. 3 general election ballot. The county board of elections will meet Monday to certify the candidates and issues.

Though the judicial seat is nonpartisan, Morgan is backed by Republicans while Schiavoni has the support of Democrats.

Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, appointed Morgan to the seat in March 2019 to fill the unexpired term of David D’Apolito, who stepped down after winning a race for the 7th District Court of Appeals.

Morgan had finished fourth in a six-person race in November 2018 for a different county court judicial seat won by Molly Johnson.

The winner of the race will serve the remainder of the term, which ends Dec. 31, 2022.

Schiavoni spent 10 years in the Ohio Senate, including about four of them as the Democratic leader. He was unable to run for re-election in 2018 because of term-limit restrictions. He sought the Democratic nomination that year for governor, finishing third in the primary.

Those who ran in the Democratic and Republican primaries for their party’s nominations to county offices — all were unopposed in the April 28 primary — automatically moved on to the November general election and didn’t have to file any additional paperwork by Wednesday’s deadline. Also, county Probate Court Judge Robert N. Rusu, who filed as an independent, is on the fall ballot.

BALLOT ISSUES

The 28 tax issues proposed for the November ballot is the most for a general election in the county since 32 levies were up for consideration in 2015. Nineteen issues were on the ballot in 2016 during the last presidential election. Voter turnout is heavier during presidential years.

The renewals for this election include two countywide issues. One is for senior citizen services and facilities, and the other is for the county board of developmental disabilities.

The senior levy, which will raise about $4.1 million annually, will go to Direction Home of Eastern Ohio, formerly known as the Area Agency on Aging 11. The most-used services provided by the levy are call buttons that provide emergency services and home-delivered meals to about 1,000 seniors. The levy also is used for personal-care, chore and home-medical services as well as recreational programs.

The other levy raises about $11.5 million annually to assist developmentally disabled people at facilities such as the Leonard Kirtz School in Austintown.

A number of communities and school districts have multiple levies on the ballot.

In Austintown, the township has two renewals as does the school district.

In Boardman, the township has three renewals, the park district has one, and the school district has two.

The village of New Middletown has three tax renewals while the villages of Craig Beach and Beloit and Beaver Township each have two.

The Youngstown school district will have a 10.8-mill, four-year renewal levy on the ballot that will raise about $5.3 million a year. The school board last year chose not to put the issue in front of voters. The current levy expires at the end of this year.

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LISTING OF GENERAL ELECTION ISSUES, NONPARTISAN CANDIDATES

The following candidates for a Mahoning County Court seat and issues were filed for the Nov. 3 general election by Wednesday’s deadline. They are subject to certification from county boards of elections. An * denotes incumbents. This doesn’t include candidates who’ve previously filed for seats on the general election ballot, including winners of Democratic and Republican primaries and

independents.

Mahoning

County

CANDIDATES

• County Court Judge

J.P. Morgan*

Joe Schiavoni

ISSUES

• Mahoning County: A 1-mill, five-year renewal levy for senior citizen services and facilities.

• Mahoning County: A 3-mill, five-year renewal levy for the Mahoning County Board of Developmental Disabilities.

• Austintown: A 1.5-mill, five-year renewal levy for road improvements.

• Austintown: A 0.8-mill, five-year renewal levy for parks and recreation.

• Beaver: A 1.9-mill, five-year renewal levy for current expenses.

• Beaver: A 2.9-mill, five-year renewal levy for police services.

• Beloit: A 5-mill, five-year renewal levy for current expenses.

•Beloit: A 1.5-mill, five-year renewal levy for park expenses

•Boardman: A 0.7-mill, five-year renewal levy for current expenses.

•Boardman: A 2.5-mill, five-year renewal levy for current expenses.

•Boardman: A 3.85-mill, five-year renewal levy for police services.

•Boardman Township Park: A 0.6-mill, five-year renewal levy for park expenses.

•Craig Beach: A 1.5-mill, five-year renewal levy for fire and emergency medical expenses.

•Craig Beach: A 3-mill, five-year renewal levy for street maintenance, paving, construction and repair.

•Green: A 1.5-mill, five-year additional levy for fire services.

•Lowellville: A 4.5-mill, five-year renewal levy for current expenses.

•New Middletown: A 2-mill, five-year renewal levy for police services.

• New Middletown: A 4-mill, five-year renewal levy for police services.

• New Middletown: A 2.5-mill, five-year renewal levy for fire services.

• Poland Village: A 2-mill, five-year renewal levy for street, road and bridge expenses.

• Sebring: A charter amendment regarding the appointment of a village manager solely on the basis of qualifications.

• Austintown Schools: A 4.9-mill, five-year renewal levy for current expenses.

• Austintown Schools: A 7.3-mill, five-year renewal levy for current expenses.

• Boardman Schools: A 5.9-mill, five-year renewal levy for current expenses.

• Boardman Schools: A 6-mill, five-year renewal levy for current expenses.

• Canfield Schools: A 1.4-mill, 10-year renewal levy for emergency requirements.

• Sebring Schools: A 1.25 percent income tax renewal for five years.

• Western Reserve Schools: A 1.3-mill, 10-year renewal levy to avoid a deficit.

• Youngstown Schools: A 10.8-mill, four-year renewal levy for emergency requirements.

• Boardman Precinct 8: Weekly and Sunday liquor sale at Meijer, 1400 Boardman Canfield Road.

• Milton Precinct 1: Sunday liquor sale at the Prop House, 373 N.E. River Road.

• Poland Township Precinct 4: Sunday liquor sale at Dairy 224, 6868 Center Road.

Trumbull

County

• Trumbull County: A 2-mill, five-year renewal levy to support children services and the care and placement of children.

•Trumbull County: A 0.6-mil, 10-year additional levy for parks and recreation.

• Girard: A 1.5-mill, five-year renewal levy for the collection and disposal of garbage and refuse.

• Hubbard Township: A 1-mill, five-year renewal levy for the general construction, reconstruction, resurfacing and repair of streets, roads and bridges.

• Liberty Local School District: A 3.25-mill, five-year renewal levy to provide for the emergency requirements of the school district in the sum of $740,680.

• Liberty Local School District: A 2.5-mill, five-year additional levy for permanent improvements.

• McDonald: A 1.5-mill, five-year renewal levy for expenses.

• Liberty Precinct E: Sunday sale of wine and mixed beverages at Liberty Quick Shop.

• Weathersfield Precinct J: Monday through Saturday sale of beer, wine, mixed beverages and liquor at Post Office Pub, 3821 S. Main St.

• Weathersfield Precinct J: Sunday sale of beer, wine, mixed beverages and liquor at Post Office Pub.