Inconsistent Early-Voting Opportunites Draw Ire
There’s a controversy over extended in person early voting hours in Ohio. Democrats are crying foul because some Republican leaning counties have put in place evening and weekend hours while other...
View ArticleJudge Considers Early Voting Rules for Ohio
The fight over whether all Ohioans should have the opportunity to vote in person at boards of elections the weekend before Election Day has had its day in court. Ohio Public Radio’s Jo Ingles reports...
View ArticleCompromise Suggested For Early Voting Debate
Controversy continues over the lack of weekend voting hours planned for this November's election.
View ArticleMontgomery County Board of Elections officials temporarily reinstated
Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted is temporarily lifting his suspension of two Democratic county election officials who voted to extend early voting hours in the general election beyond the uniform,...
View ArticlePastors Meet With Husted About Early Voting
A group of Ohio Pastors has met with Republican Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted, asking him to allow county boards of election to offer in-person early voting on weekends leading up to election day.
View ArticleEarly Voting Hearing Later This Month
A federal district judge has ordered Secretary of State Jon Husted to appear at a hearing scheduled for September 13th on early voting rules.
View ArticleFired Elections Officials Replaced
Former Demcractic Dayton mayor Rhine McLin and Democratic attorney John Doll have been nominated to replace two Montgomery County Board of Elections officials fired in a dispute over extended voting...
View ArticleJudge Denies Stay Of Husted's Early Voting Changes
A Federal judge has denied a request by Secretary of State Jon Husted to stay the court's order to restore early voting on the final weekend and Monday before the November election while the state...
View ArticleAbsentee ballots are going out
Nearly a million Ohioans have returned absentee ballot request forms, asking for paper ballots from county boards of elections. And for those who’d like to cast a ballot early in person, voting starts...
View ArticlePool of undecided voters shrinking
The first Presidential debate is tomorrow. But most polls show most Ohioans have already made up their minds when it comes to which candidate they’ll vote for. There is a small group of undecided...
View ArticleEarly And Absentee Voting Numbers
More than a million of Ohio's nearly 8 million registered voters have taken steps to cast a ballot.
View ArticleSecretary of State Says Record Number of Absentee Ballots Cast in 2012
More people voted early by absentee ballot in last fall’s presidential election than ever have before in Ohio.
View ArticleBill Would Scrap Early Voting Weekend Before Election Day
In 2008, 105 thousand Ohioans voted on the Saturday, Sunday or Monday before the general election.
View ArticleLegislature Approves Tougher Voting Requirements
Majority Republicans in the Ohio Senate have approved two bills affecting voter and ballot rules.
View ArticleState Democratic Party Chair Predicts Lawsuit Over Absentee-Ballot Legislation
Ohio Democratic Party chair and State Representative Chris Redfern says he expects the organization to file a federal lawsuit over an absentee-ballot measure passed by the Republican-controlled...
View ArticleGubernatorial Candidate Critical Of New Elections Rules
Democratic gubernatorial candidate and Cuayhoga County executive Ed FitzGerald is criticizing a pair of new elections rules, saying they infringe on voting rights.
View Article"Voters Bill Of Rights" Backers Refile Ballot Summary
An Ohio group has refiled its paperwork after hitting a snag in an effort to guarantee certain voter protections in the state constitution.
View ArticleBallot Language Approved For Ohio "Voters Bill Of Rights"
An Ohio group has been cleared to continue its effort to guarantee what it calls certain voter protections in the state constitution.
View ArticleOhio Military, Overseas May Primary Ballots Go Out
Ohio's elections chief reminds Ohioans that early voting in the May 6 primary begins for military and overseas voters on Saturday and for others on April 1.
View ArticleOhio ACLU Sues State Over Early Voting Restrictions
The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio is suing the state in federal court over early voting changes scheduled to take effect this fall.
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