Seth Golding, right, and Braydon Galliers, left, a bipartisan team of ballot fulfillment coordinators, empty an absentee voter drop-off ballot box on Election Day outside of the Franklin County Board of Elections in Columbus, Ohio, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. Polls are open in a few states f...
It also prohibits governments from prepaying return postage on mail-in ballots and steps up the calendar for final ballot counting. Democrats and voting rights advocates said the changes create additional hurdles for voters. “There is no need to change anything,” objected Democratic Rep. Richard...
October 21, 2022Hannah Poling Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose requires that county boards of elections specify to voters how much postage is required to mail in an absentee ballot. However, the Secretary of State’s office does enumerate that it’s the voter’s responsibility to make sure...
Washington —Ohio voters have approved a ballot measure to amend the state constitution to establish a right to abortion, CBS News projects, delivering a crucial victory for abortion rights and adding momentum behind efforts to protect abortion access through citizen-led initiatives in the wake of t...
However, Ohio is one of several states where proponents of abortion rights are looking to voter-driven ballot initiatives to expand reproductive rights after tight limits were permitted to take effect following the Supreme Court's decision reversingRoe v. Wadein June 2022. ...
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...
Adults aged 21+ in Ohio can now legally possess, consume, and cultivate cannabis after the majority of state voters last month approved Issue 2, a cannabis legalization ballot proposal. Ohio Lawmakers Want to Overhaul Voter-Approved Legalization Bill ...
Ohio’s use-it-or-lose it system of voter purges — known official as the “supplemental process” — has been a source of controversy that traveled all the way up to the Supreme Court. Under the regime, the state sends mailers to registrants don’t participate in an election for two ...
Even ahead of Tuesday’s vote, there were indications of strong voter interest in the measure. About 696,000 Ohioans had voted before Election Day, either early or by mail – a number that exceeded the 638,000-voter turnout in the August 2022 primary and special election. ...
6:05 a.m. 19:05:46, May 4, 2022 5 key things to watch as voters cast their final ballots in the Ohio and Indiana primary elections From CNN's Eric Bradner, Dan Merica and Gregory Krieg A voter inserts her ballot into a scanner as she votes in the primary election in Indianapolis...