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What You Need to Know to Vote by Mail in Ohio This Year
Lauren Green, WKSU Graphic Design Intern
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Ohio has become an increasingly "red" state as Republicans have scored significant wins over Democrats. It's up to Summit County Councilwoman Liz Walters, who recently took over as chairwoman of the Ohio Democratic Party, to lead the effort to change that.
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Protesters at the Ohio Statehouse join thousands across the country in rallies at state capitals. In Columbus, the demonstration included some tense verbal exchanges but, for the most part, remained peaceful.
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Ohio’s voting precincts normally need 37,000 poll workers on Election Day. But this year, 55,000 are needed.
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The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections will be allowed to collect ballots at a second location near the board’s headquarters, as Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose partially lifts a prohibition on plans to expand ballot drop-off locations.
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Inconsistent Ballot Application Data Leads to Undercount of Disenfranchised Voters
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Simple mistakes can cause your application for an absentee ballot to be rejected.
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Jen Miller of the League of Women Voters discusses early voting and voter registration
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Some members of Ohio’s congressional delegation penned a letter to Secretary of State Frank LaRose urging him to allow more than one box per county where…
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Lawsuits over the number of ballot drop boxes are making their way through the courts in Ohio, with anger flaring on both sides of what has become an…
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You have questions about voting this fall: everything from counting absentee ballots to voting in-person. You asked – we’re answering in this week’s "OH…
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In Ohio, any registered voter can vote absentee, either by mail or in person at their county board of elections beginning Oct. 6. Given concerns about coronavirus, more folks are expected to opt for the mail this year. More than 1 million voters have already submitted a vote-by-mail application, though the deadline to ask for the mail-in ballots isn’t until Oct. 31.
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A Franklin County Common Pleas Court has ruled additional drop boxes can be installed prior to the November election if Secretary of State Frank LaRose...
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More than one million Ohio voters have already sent in applications to vote by mail. But the Secretary of State and the Democrats are in court over…
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WKSU listeners have been sending in questions about voting this fall, from what happens to absentee ballot applications to the security of each county’s…