The Erie County Board of Elections will hold a special election on Tuesday, February 28, 2023, where voters in the City of Sandusky will decide whether they’d like to manage their public park lands or if they’d like their city government to continue doing so.

A decision by the Ohio Supreme Court ruled – after an exchange between city officials and the Sanduskians for Sandusky – that the election must be held 120 days within its November 2022 ruling. City officials asked the court to hold off on the election until November 2023. However.  That request was denied.

The charter amendment will mandate a vote of Sandusky residents if or when Sandusky’s government decides to sell, lease or privately develop our historic parks. Battery Park is one of the public parks the city has been interested in developing for years. The city’s proposed development plans for the area of Battery Park include condominiums, hotels and apartments as well as retail space. A total of 33 acres would be redeveloped.

The master plan includes: Public open space (9.17 acres) with public amenities and expanded access to the water; public parking structures including 964 spaces, and about 48 on-street public parking spaces; extension of Water Street and Market Street and a new public street Sandusky Harbor Drive with broad sidewalks and landscape.

The proposed development includes three primary structures: a residential mix of 68 condominiums and 172 apartments; a hotel with 120 to 130 keys and first floor retail space with the total gross square footage of 57,767 and a marina with approximately 530 boat slips.

Any questions about this Special Election,
please contact the Erie County Board of Elections:

419.627.7601
or
E-mail: Erie County Board of Elections
or
visit the Erie County Board of Elections office:
2900 Columbus Avenue, Room 101, Sandusky 44870
or
visit the Erie County Board of Elections website:
Erie County Board of Elections

To read the ballot question, please visit here.

The following precincts will be voting on this issue:
City of Sandusky only

SAN A, SAN B, SAN C, SAND, SAN E, SAN F, SAN G, SAN H,
SAN I, SAN J, SAN K, SAN L, SAN M, SAN N, SAN O, SAN P

Are you interested in receiving your ballot by mail?
Are you interested in voting from home?
Have your ballot mailed to you!

Print out and complete the highlighted areas of this application to receive your ballot by mail.
REMEMBER to fill in the Election date – February 28, 2023.
 You do not need to indicate type of ballot as this is an Issues Only Ballot.
Then sign, date it and drop off the form at the
Erie County Board of Elections, 2900 Columbus Avenue, Sandusky 44870
Monday-Friday | 8:00am-4:00pm
or drop off in the drop box – location below.

(NOTE: A dropbox is now available 24/7 on eastside of Water Bldg, red brick
bldg across the courtyard from Board of Elections Bldg, facing Oakland Cemetery.)
DO NOT drop off your ballot by mail to a polling location on Election Day.
It may only be dropped off or mailed to the Erie County Board of Elections.
If ballot by mail is dropped off, it must be received no later than 7:30pm on Election Day.
If ballot by mail is mailed, it must be postmarked no later than the day before Election Day.

The first day that ballots by mail will be mailed:
Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Ballots requested will be mailed every day thereafter until
the Saturday before Election Day.

Voter Registration Deadline
For Special Election

Monday, January 30, 2023
The Erie County Board of Elections will be open
8:00am – 4:00pm

 Special Election for Sandusky City
Absentee Voting Hours

Early voting takes place at:
Erie County Board of Elections Office | 2900 Columbus Avenue | Sandusky

Early voting ends:
Monday, February 27, 2023 | 8:00 am to 2:00 pm

Special Election Day
Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Polls Open 6:30am | Polls Close 7:30pm
On Election Day, you must vote at your precinct.
Visit here to check where you vote on Election Day
or call the Erie County Board of Elections: 419.627.7601.