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Voter registration and passenger rail provisions were added to Ohio transportation budget
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — House lawmakers made a slew of changes Tuesday to the proposal Gov. Mike DeWine has for the Ohio transportation budget, and among them, the… Read More

2024 Year in Review: Ohioans decided on its sixth redistricting ballot issue in 50 years
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Activists frustrated at the multi-year saga of the maps created by the Ohio Redistricting Commission took their plan for an independent map-drawing panel to voters… 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

The Ohio Ballot Board keeps a proposed voting rights amendment a single ballot issue
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Supporters of a voting rights amendment that could, among other things, allow same-day voter registration and voting and relax guidelines for voter photo ID requirements,… 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

Here’s how Ohio officials keep elections secure
By: Taylor Winzer | Ideastream Public Media
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WAYNE COUNTY, Ohio (Ideastream Public Media) — Back in 2020, the Wayne County Board of Elections decided at last minute it would switch to all mail-in voting for its primary… 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

Ohio voters can use the provisional ballot option if they forget their photo ID
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — This is the first presidential election in Ohio where voters are required to show a valid photo ID, such as a driver’s license, a… 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

The Kentucky school choice ballot measure pits competing messages from Gov. Andy Beshear and Sen. Rand Paul
By: Bruce Schreiner | AP
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — As Kentucky voters ponder whether to allow some of their tax dollars to support students attending private schools, the high-stakes debate has turned into a test… Read More

One of six Ohioans just indicted for illegal voting as a non-citizen has been dead nearly two years
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s Republican attorney general announced this week that six Ohioans have been indicted for illegal voting as non-citizens – a fourth-degree felony – between 2008… Read More

Six Ohioans have been charged with illegal voting between 2008 and 2020 out of hundreds of referred cases
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Grand juries throughout the state indicted six Ohioans with illegal voting in earlier elections, a fourth-degree felony. Attorney General Dave Yost, a Republican, announced… Read More

Voter rights groups want to ensure naturalized citizens in Ohio aren’t turned away from the polls
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Some representing voters fear naturalized citizens who have a right to vote are being denied that opportunity because of the state’s year-old law requiring… 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 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

Here are the changes to voting in Ohio since the 2020 presidential election
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohioans can start early in-person and mail-in voting for the November election today. Ohioans will cast ballots in the first presidential election under rules from a… Read More

Two nominees for West Virginia governor agree to an Oct. 29 debate
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The two major-party nominees for West Virginia governor said Tuesday they have agreed to participate in a debate. The debate between Democrat Steve Williams and Republican… Read More

Still need to register to vote? Here’s your guide to being prepared at the polls
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — To cast a vote in the upcoming November election, Ohioans need to register to vote by Oct. 7. With the deadline less than a week… Read More

Ohio votes cast for the Green Party candidate won’t count due to VP swap
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Votes cast in Ohio for Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein will not count because the party nominated her running mate after a state administrative deadline,… Read More

The first major ad dropped in the campaign for Issue 1 redistricting amendment in Ohio
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — In the hours leading up to Wednesday’s Ohio Ballot Board meeting where contentious summary language for a redistricting amendment on the November ballot will… 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
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