Nikko Griffin, left, and Tyra Patterson, call out to arriving voters in the parking lot of the Hamilton County Board of Elections during early in-person voting in Cincinnati, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. They urge people to vote for different issues, including Issue 2, which would allow adult-...
Although we have "requested" Ohio absentee voting ballots before as a convenience or often for being away from the local polls, this is the first time ballots requests forms are just showing up in the mail. If it were any other "let’s try statewide vote by mail year or election," this...
June 27, 2024Ohio Star Staff Opponents of foreign funding of U.S. ballot measures expect momentum at both the federal level and in states. In May, the House Administration Committee advanced a bill to amend federal election law to prevent foreign nationals from contributing to ballot initiatives...
Ohio has been a battleground for attacks on voting, free speech, education, LGBTQ+ youth, and abortion. At every turn, however, young organizers and community leaders have stood up to advocate for a better Ohio, protect our democracy, and make sure our voices are heard. By mobilizing and...
March 25, 2023M.D. Kittle Iowa and Ohio are the latest states looking to leave the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC), the controversial interstate voting data partnership. Already seen as suspect by conservatives questioning ERIC’s left-leaning ties, the organization has been inflexi...
But they did acknowledge they're aware of minor issues at state board election sites in Kentucky and Mississippi, as well as reports of a couple of voting machine issues in North Carolina. "What we've seen today is pretty routine activity," the official noted, before referring reporters to ...
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2020. Ohio’s first sports betting bill, SB111, fails after the state legislature adjourns without voting on it. 2021. Ohio passed sports betting legislation in December. 2022. The Ohio Casino Control Commission outlines sports betting licensing applications. 2023. Ohio now allows both online and...
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reportsthat lawyer James Saunders, who previously worked for the Internal Revenue Service, violated the law by voting twice in both the 2020 and 2022 national elections. His public defender Scott Roger Hurley—he’s on the right above— is arguing that his client shoul...
The number of artificially generated, sexually explicit impersonations of nonconsenting individuals increased by 550% from 2019 to 2023, with deepfake pornography now making up 98% of all deepfake videos online, the lawmakers cited in each of the seven letters addressed to Google, Apple, X, ByteD...