The Ohio state House approved a Senate bill that would require mail-in ballots to arrive by Election Day to be counted.
Ohio ensures the secure transport of Kelleys Island ballots on Election Day, involving bipartisan election officials and Coast Guard escort.
Ohio Republicans are mulling election changes as President Donald Trump targets absentee ballots and noncitizen voting.
Ohio lawmakers are fast-tracking a bill that would change absentee voting and registration rules, with Republicans calling it needed protection and Democrats warning it could make voting harder.
It may have been an off year for Ohio in 2025, but the state’s election process is still one to watch thanks to Frank LaRose.
By this time next year, Ohio will have chosen a new governor. Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, is term-limited, so Ohio’s top seat is an open race. Gathering the
One Senate seat is up for election in Ohio, held by a Democratic incumbent. Voters will also choose representatives for 16 House seats, four of which are held by Democrats and 12 by Republicans. And they will select a governor,
Currently, ballots can be received by board of elections offices up to four days after an election. Under the bill, absentee ballots must be returned on or before Election Day. The bill sponsors say 34 states already require that. Ohio would be the 35th. They say it would bring Ohio in line with federal election law.