Cincinnati voters to select next mayor from field of 6 Feb 24, 2021 Herald Staff Six candidates have qualified with the Hamilton County Board of Elections for the May 4 Cincinnati mayoral primary, at which time the two top vote-getters will move on the November General Election. Each candidate was required to file 500 valid signatures from registered Cincinnati voters to get on the May primary ballot. But the Board of Elections has indicated that Young, Prather, and Koehler fell short of the required 500 valid signatures. Therefore at this point they will not be on the May 4th mayoral primary ballot. Mayor John Cranley, who has served two terms, is barred under Ohio’s term limit law from running for a third term.