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Limit Of 1 Ballot Box Per County Reaches Ohio Appeals Court
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A lawyer for the Ohio Democratic Party says Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose’s evolving public statements and erratic actions prior to issuing a directive limiting ballot drop boxes to one per county prove his order is not reasonable.
The lawyer made the remarks before a three-judge panel of a state appellate court Friday.
LaRose’s attorney argues the directive was reasonable because the secretary of state was protecting county election boards from chaos and security risks.
![A box to drop off absentee ballots sits in the parking lot of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections in Cleveland.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cuyahoga_county_boe_vote_drop_box_-_credit_kasler-e1585263370395-1024x481.jpeg)
The court is expected to decide an appeal of a trial judge’s order blocking the order as arbitrary and unreasonable.