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The director of Athens County’s Board of Elections is taking on a new role after almost 20 years
By: Jack Greene
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – The director of the Athens County Board of Elections is taking on a new role, this time as deputy director. Debbie Quivey has worked at the… Read More
Vivek Ramaswamy will kick off his bid for Ohio governor in Cincinnati on Feb. 24
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Vivek Ramaswamy is preparing to launch his 2026 bid for Ohio governor on Feb. 24 in his native Cincinnati, with ensuing announcements held over two days in the Columbus,… Read More
Term-limited auditor Keith Faber announces he’s in the race for Ohio attorney general
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republican state auditor Keith Faber has announced a move that’s long been expected: he’s running for attorney general in 2026. It’s the latest action in… Read More
Ohio boards of elections are still reviewing and auditing results after their certification
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — With the holidays on the horizon, the November election is likely in most Ohioans’ rearview mirrors by early December, but county boards of elections still… Read More
Here’s what to expect in Ohio on Election Day from the AP
By: Robert Yoon | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are in a tight race for the White House, but in Ohio, it’s a contest further down the ballot that has been getting… Read More
Ohio Supreme Court rules the attorney general can’t block an amendment effort based on its title
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — When the attorney general gets a proposed constitutional amendment to review before signatures can be gathered to get it to the ballot, he doesn’t… Read More
Days before Ohioans vote, LaRose sues Homeland Security to access databases to check citizenship
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — In the midst of preparing for an election that’s a week away, Ohio’s Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose is suing the US Department of… Read More
Rural Democrats reach out in reliably red counties
By: Kathryn Mobley | WYSO
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CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, Ohio (WYSO) — In the 2020 Presidential race, 81 of Ohio’s 88 counties went red, supporting Republican former president Donald Trump. One of those counties was Champaign, with… Read More
ArtsVote Ohio hopes to make its mark on November’s election
By: Allie Vugrincic | WOSU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — Over the course of a few days in mid-September, posters cropped up in cities across Ohio. They are royal blue, teal, red and white with bold… Read More
The Justice Department will monitor voting in an Ohio county where the sheriff made comments about Harris supporters
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RAVENNA, Ohio (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department will send election monitors to an Ohio county where a sheriff was recently accused of intimidating voters in a social media post, federal officials… Read More
Your early vote will be counted in Ohio if you die before Election Day
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Democratic former President Jimmy Carter, who’s 100 years old and has been under hospice care, cast a ballot Tuesday during Georgia’s early voting period. His… Read More
The GOP majority on Ohio’s Supreme Court upholds an order limiting who can use ballot drop boxes
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Voters can’t assist other voters by putting their ballots into a secure ballot drop boxes. That order from Republican Secretary of State Frank Larose… Read More
A circuit court says Ohio can ban green card holders from giving election money
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled Tuesday in a 2-1 decision that Ohio can for now enforce in full its newly enacted… Read More
‘It doesn’t say we’re the police.’ LaRose bristles with prosecutors over election law cases
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Secretary of State Frank LaRose said Saturday it’s not his office’s job to further investigate for evidence of possible election law violations before he… Read More
Ballot language for Issue 1 is set, but backers of the redistricting plan say the wording is unfair
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Republican-dominated Ohio Ballot Board has made some minor tweaks to the language voters will see for Issue 1 when they go to the… Read More
LaRose wants action on possible voter fraud cases. County prosecutors say they haven’t taken any for a reason
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose has referred to county prosecutors 597 cases he said involved voters who were unlawfully registered to vote, going… Read More
Voter registration tour comes to Ohio’s college campuses to bring in younger voters
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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DELAWARE, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — On a crisp September morning, a 19-foot Airstream trailer, colorfully painted with slogans to promote voting, was parked on the main drag in downtown… Read More
LaRose orders limits on the use of secure ballot drop boxes in this fall’s election
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A few days after suggesting to state lawmakers that they ban secure ballot drop boxes entirely, Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose has limited their… Read More
LaRose presses Ohio lawmakers to add citizen status to voter registration papers
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, a Republican, is pressing lawmakers to pass legislation so his office can ask Ohioans to prove they are… Read More
Experts stress Ohio’s elections system is secure as GOP recruits watchers to look for fraud
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As their candidate for president continues to falsely claim there was widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election, Republicans are hoping to recruit and train… Read More
Republicans launch an effort to recruit and train thousands to watch voting in Ohio and other states
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Voter fraud is extremely rare, and Ohio is often mentioned as having the gold standard of election and voting laws, with bipartisan elections workers in… Read More
Ohio Democrats hope for a boost from the Harris/Walz ticket, but expert says right now it seems unlikely
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio used to be a swing state in presidential years, but Republican Donald Trump won it in 2016 and 2020, and Republicans have won… Read More
The Ohio House’s newest GOP member is challenged over his name change
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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BOARDMAN, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An Ohio law on candidate names enacted in 1995 has made way for a string of challenges to Statehouse candidacies this election cycle, nearly… Read More
Beyond ‘childless cat ladies,’ JD Vance has long been on a quest to encourage more births
By: Adriana Gomez Licon | AP
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MIAMI (AP) — Five summers ago, Donald Trump’s running mate JD Vance — then a 34-year-old memoirist and father of a 2-year-old boy — took the stage at a conservative conference and… Read More
A lawsuit is coming over controversial ballot language adopted by Ohio Ballot Board
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Backers of the constitutional amendment that seeks to take politicians out of the congressional and legislative map-drawing process are upset with the summary language… Read More
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