Area residents who head to the polls to vote in Tuesday’s Ohio primary election might not find a lot of choices on their ballots, but that doesn’t mean they should not vote.

Every voter in Jefferson County, for instance, has the chance to have a voice about the 1.2-mill, five-year replacement levy for Prime Time that will help cover the cost of providing services for senior citizens. According to the county auditor’s department, the levy will generate $2,196,00 each year, and will cost taxpayers $42 a year per each $100,000 of appraised property value.

Many voters in the northern part of the county, meanwhile, are being asked to approve a 2-mill continuing replacement levy for the TEMS Joint Ambulance District, money that will help it continue to provide emergency medical services in that region. The auditor’s office estimates the levy will generate $673,000 a year and will cost taxpayers $70 a year per each $100,000 of appraised value.

The only contested race locally will appear on the Republican ballot for the Jan. 2 county commissioner seat, where Raymond Freund and Ron Kleineke are facing off to determine who will take on Democrat Thomas “Bo” Graham — who is unopposed in the primary — in November.

The November winner will replace county Commissioner Dave Maple, a Republican, who did not seek re-election.

The decision of longtime Republican U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson to step down from his seat to become president of Youngstown State University means Republicans and Democrats will face two opportunities to make a choice for the Ohio 6th Congressional District seat. They will be voting to select their nominees for the June 11 special election to fill Johnson’s unexpired term, and they will be voting for the nominees for the Nov. 5 general election and the full term which will begin in January.

In both cases, the choices will be the same: Michael Rulli, Reggie Stoltzfus and Rick Tsai for the GOP and Rylan Finzer and Michael Kripchak for the Democrats.

Republicans will be choosing among the three candidates — Matt Dolan, Frank LaRose and Bernie Moreno — who seeking their party’s nomination for the U.S. Senate seat held by longtime incumbent Sherrod Brown, who is unopposed on the Democrat side.

And, incumbent President Joe Biden and former Republican President Donald J. Trump already have wrapped up their party’s nominations, making the presidential races that will appear on the Ohio ballot anticlimactic.

Polls will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. If you are registered to vote and have not already done so, get out and cast your ballot — let your voice be heard.