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![Attorney Don McTigue addresses the Ohio Ballot Board about the constitutional amendment proposal that could enshrine abortion rights in the Ohio Constitution](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/download-2-1-e1678740542583-900x422.webp)
An abortion rights amendment clears another hurdle in Ohio. Now the signature gathering begins
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Organizers working to put to voters an amendment that would enshrine abortion rights into the state’s constitution have gotten the green light from the panel… Read More
![Abortion supporters block the sign of an abortion protestor on the grounds of the Ohio Statehouse](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/download-1-3-e1677533940276-900x422.webp)
If a reproductive rights amendment gets on the Ohio ballot and passes, it could still face challenges
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The coalition of groups attempting to put an amendment before voters this fall that could guarantee abortion rights in the constitution faces battles to… Read More
![A man in a vest and tie sits on a couch and looks at the camera.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/woubmilitaryvoter1-1-e1674417622548-900x422.png)
GOP action on mail ballot timelines angers military families
By: Julie Carr Smyth | Gary Fields | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s restrictive new election law significantly shortens the window for mailed ballots to be received — despite no evidence that the extended timeline has led to… Read More
![Kentucky mail-in ballot.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/PXL_20200930_145212642.PORTRAIT-scaled-e1604090234764-900x422.jpg)
GOP action on mail ballot timelines angers military families
By: Julie Carr Smyth | Gary Fields | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s restrictive new election law significantly shortens the window for mailed ballots to be received — despite no evidence that the extended timeline has led to fraud or… Read More
![Voting machines sit empty in anticipation of election day](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/voting_machines_2_credit_konik-e1657143813810-900x422.png)
A law firm for Democrats files suit against Ohio’s new election law
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A Democratic law firm has filed suit against Ohio’s new election law, claiming on behalf of groups representing military veterans, teachers, retirees and the homeless that it “imposes… Read More
![Poll workers wait for voters in Franklin County, Ohio behind a door that has a voting today sign taped to it](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/img-5094-scaled-e1659541443501-900x422.jpg)
Two controversial Ohio bills on oil and gas drilling and election laws both signed
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The state is facing a lawsuit over a bill signed on Friday that makes big changes in Ohio’s voting laws. Gov. Mike Dewine signed… Read More
![Vice President Mike Pence, left, and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., return to the House chamber after midnight, Jan. 7, 2021, to finish the work of the Electoral College](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ap22167460191918_custom-571209d300249385c35aeefa48e23f0b00d33cf6-scaled-e1671806846371-900x422.jpg)
The Senate passes election reform designed to head off another Jan. 6
By: Miles Parks | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Lawmakers have said over and over that they want to prevent another Jan. 6-style attack on the U.S. Capitol from ever happening again. It took almost… Read More
![A voting sign points into a polling location](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/voting_sign_-_credit_kasler-e1584631408482-900x422.jpg)
House, Senate approve photo ID laws and other Ohio election changes
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republican Senators and Representatives went back and forth on possible changes to Ohio’s elections laws in closed-door meetings on Wednesday before landing on an… Read More
![State Rep. Bob Cupp (R-Lima) was elected the Speaker of the Ohio House following the removal of Larry Householder.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/bob_cupp-e1596144924942-900x422.jpg)
Cupp is ‘doubtful’ change to Ohio constitutional amendments passes this year
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — House Speaker Bob Cupp (R-Lima) is “doubtful” a resolution that requires a ballot issue to receive 60% of the vote to amend the constitution… Read More
![Voting machines sit empty in anticipation of election day](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/voting_machines_2_credit_konik-e1657143813810-900x422.png)
Resolution raising the threshold for constitutional amendments passes Ohio House committee
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The resolution to require ballot measures to receive 60% of the vote in order to amend the state constitution has cleared a House committee… Read More
![Voting machines sit empty in anticipation of election day](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/voting_machines_2_credit_konik-e1657143813810-900x422.png)
Ohio lawmakers are considering major changes in the way Ohioans vote in the future
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMUBS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio lawmakers are debating a couple of bills to change election laws, including a potential adjustment to the early voting schedule and a voter… Read More
![Jacob Wohl, pictured here surrounded by police officers at a 2020 protest in Washington D.C. holds a bullhorn](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/gettyimages-1269206751-f864c407f24b44e1ba41337fc7f46b19521a47d4-e1669994954262-900x422.jpg)
They ran a voter suppression scheme. Now an Ohio judge has sentenced them to register voters
By: Emily Olson | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Two far-right operatives who told tens of thousands of people not to vote by mail in a robocall scheme will now have to spend 500 hours… Read More
![Opponents of plan to make it harder to pass some constitutional amendments talk to reporters at the Ohio Statehouse on Tuesday, November 29, 2022](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/download-1-e1669823070809-900x422.webp)
Large coalition urges Ohio lawmakers to reject a plan that makes it harder to amend the constitution
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — More than 100 faith, union, community, conservative, and progressive organizations are opposing a resolution that would make it harder for citizens to pass constitutional… Read More
![Poll workers wait for voters in Franklin County, Ohio behind a door that has a voting today sign taped to it](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/img-5094-scaled-e1659541443501-900x422.jpg)
Voter rights coalition pushes back on elections bills in lame duck
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Opponents are speaking out against a proposed list of changes to Ohio’s elections laws which includes eliminating early voting the Monday before election day… Read More
![Voters cast their ballot early at the Franklin County Board of Elections last November.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/more_voters_last_wknd_early_voting_franklin_county_nov_2018_-_credit_kasler_cropped-e1567606859648-900x422.jpg)
Unlikely partnerships form to oppose proposed constitutional amendment change
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A proposal to change the required number of votes for citizen petitioners to get in order to amend the state constitution is attracting a… Read More
![Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/janning_006-1-e1547770867344-900x422.jpg)
LaRose proposes requirement for citizen-led constitutional amendments to pass with 60% of the vote
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Secretary of State Frank LaRose, a Republican, is leading an effort to change the rules for ballot issues that amend the state constitution by… Read More
![Jacksonville, Ohio- Voters cast in their ballots.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Swensen_voting-1-2-e1492966382495-900x422.jpg)
How media outlets accurately call races on election night
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — On Election Night, media outlets will project winners in most states before all of the vote tallies are final. How do news organizations project which candidates… Read More
![A poll worker helps a voter to a machine at Franklin County's early voting center in Columbus on Sunday, March 15. In-person voting for the March 17 primary was cancelled the next day and the mail-in deadline was extended to April 28.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG_3537-e1592363438992-900x422.jpeg)
Bill likely coming up in lame duck could require Ohio voters to have a photo ID
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A bill to make changes in Ohio voting laws is likely a top priority for Republicans in the lame duck legislative session after the election… Read More
![Sharyn Rigsbee demonstrates special voting machine.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/sharyn_rigsbee_voting_machine_demo__credit_jo_ingles_-e1540418896599-900x422.jpg)
Ohio Election 2022: Voters will see two ballot issues on bail and non-citizen voting
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Voters will see two statewide issues in the November election which were placed on the Ohio ballot by state legislators through two joint resolutions,… Read More
![A voter signs an electronic poll book in a Columbus-area polling place on election day, November 6, 2018.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/election-day-2018-2-credit-debbie-holmes-wosu-scaled-e1666378956905-900x422.jpg)
Close race for Ohio’s open U.S. Senate seat shows voters may be splitting their tickets
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Polls in the race for Ohio governor show a double-digit gap between incumbent Republican Mike DeWine and Democratic challenger Nan Whaley. The election is… Read More
![Ohio Treasurer candidates pose for separate portraits with Robert Sprague, Republican incumbent, on the left and Scott Schertzer, Democratic candidate and Marion mayor on the right](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/download-3-e1666210680141-900x422.jpg)
Ohio Election 2022: Robert Sprague and Scott Schertzer run for Ohio Treasurer
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Robert Sprague, the Republican incumbent, and Scott Schertzer, the Democratic candidate, say they have different plans for the office of Ohio Treasurer on issues… Read More
![A voting sign points into a polling location](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/voting_sign_-_credit_kasler-e1584631408482-900x422.jpg)
It’s the last day to register to vote in Ohio’s election this November
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohioans who want to vote in the election this fall are running out of time to register. The voter registration deadline is Oct. 11,… Read More
![Poll workers and voters are seen during Wisconsin's state primary on Aug. 9.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/gettyimages-1242403085-9179e81ac44f7ccd128033f41c940e4fa9ccaeac-scaled-e1665329063504-900x422.jpg)
Election officials worry about potential poll worker interference this November
By: Dustin Jones | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — America relies on hundreds of thousands of temporary workers to staff the polls during elections. But with misinformation running rampant in certain corners, officials worry some… Read More
![A red sign with white lettering that reads voting booths](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/absentee-voting-e1453836136749-900x422.png)
Ohio creates elections integrity office while voter fraud is already ‘exceedingly rare’
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Secretary of State Frank LaRose is consolidating the work of various staff members into one “public integrity division” in the hopes of creating a… Read More
![Voting machines sit empty in anticipation of election day](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/voting_machines_2_credit_konik-e1657143813810-900x422.png)
‘Threat to democracy’ among top concerns for voters but candidates don’t talk about it much
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Recent polls show a concern for democracy is among the top issues voters are thinking about as they go to cast their ballot this fall…. Read More
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