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Judge Blocks New Filing Deadline for Third-Party Candidates
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – A federal judge in Kentucky has temporarily blocked a new section of state law that the Libertarian Party says denied its candidates access to the statewide… Read More

Ohio Files Motion To Block Court From Throwing Out Congressional Map
By: Gabe Rosenberg | WOSU
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Ohio’s Attorney General filed a motion Monday to block a federal court decision throwing out the state’s congressional map. A three-judge panel last Friday ruled that Ohio’s map is an “unconstitutional partisan… Read More

Ohio’s Top Elections Official Wants Automatic Voter Registration
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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Ohio’s top elections official says it’s already easy to vote in Ohio but he says wants to make it even easier. Here’s what he wants to do. Right now, when… Read More

Outreach To Re-Register Voters Gets Only 540, Costs Almost Twice What Was Expected
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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A project to reach out to 270,000 people deleted from the voting rolls only brought in a few hundred of them. And it also cost a lot more than expected…. Read More

Secretary Of State Still Awaiting Final Results On Returned Registrations From Deleted Voters
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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Today is the first day of early voting for the May primary – which means yesterday was the last day to register to vote. And though turnout in off-year primaries… Read More

National Popular Vote Movement Gets Pushback From Conservatives
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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A group is working to put before Ohio voters a constitutional amendment requiring the state’s presidential electoral votes go to the winner of the national popular vote. But a conservative… Read More

Electoral College Reform Supporters Start Ballot Effort In Ohio
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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A group has filed paperwork to allow voters to join a national effort to get rid of electoral votes and award the presidency to the candidate who actually gets the most… Read More

Kids Will Create Ohio’s Next “I Voted” Stickers
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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Ohio’s top elections official says it’s time for a change to the stickers that are handed out at early vote centers and at the polls on election day. And he… Read More

Making Election Day A Holiday? Statewide Officials Weigh In
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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Ohio’s top elections official, Secretary of State Frank LaRose, says giving workers a day off for Election Day is an interesting idea, but he’s not convinced it’s the one and only solution…. Read More

Sandusky, Ohio, Makes Election Day A Paid Holiday — By Swapping Out Columbus Day
By: Laurel Wamsley | NPR
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Officials have been “thinking a lot about voter access and democracy,” says City Manager Eric Wobser, “and so we thought it was a really natural switch.”

Federal Lawsuit Filed Over State Ballot Initiative Process
By: WOUB News Team
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ATHENS (WOUB) — Residents of two local counties have joined others around the state in a federal civil rights lawsuit claiming elections officials have violated their right to put initiatives… Read More

Kentucky Election Officials Mail Address Verification Cards
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – The Kentucky State Board of Elections has mailed address verification cards to about 600,000 registered voters. The board sent the postcards to people who have not… Read More

Voter Registration/Rights Training with Indivisible Appalachian Ohio and Ohio Voice
Know your rights as a voter! Do you know how to register voters who are incarcerated? homeless? under age 18? in college? Are you up to date on early voting,… Read More

Ohioans Must Register By Monday To Vote In May 5 Primary
By: Associated Press
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Monday is the deadline for Ohioans to register to vote for the May 5 primary and special election. Secretary of State Jon Husted is reminding voters who have moved since… Read More

Ohio’s Elections Chief Seeks Info To Verify Non-Citizen Voters
By: Associated Press
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Update 5:49 p.m. Ohio’s elections chief says a review by his office found that 145 non-citizens were registered to vote, with 27 casting ballots in previous elections in the battleground… Read More

West Virginia Pushes to Remove Straight Ticket Ballot Option
By: Associated Press
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West Virginia lawmakers have approved a push to remove the option for voters to cast straight party-line ballots by checking one box. The Republican-led House of Delegates voted 87-13 to… Read More
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