In this week's episode of Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast from WOSU, hosts Mike Thompson and Steve Brown discuss how Ohio's primary election will continue after the last-minute closing of polls. Jen Miller, executive director of the League of Women Voters of Ohio, joins the show.
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In this week's episode:
Vote By Mail
Gov. Mike DeWine halted voting for the election that was supposed to happen on March 17. There was some talk of rescheduling the in-person election to June 2 and extending absentee voting until then. That's what DeWine wanted and what Secretary of State Frank LaRose directed boards of elections to prepare for.
But House Speaker Larry Householder and the legislature went a different route. In a coronavirus omnibus bill passed unanimously on Wednesday, lawmakers extended mail-in voting until April 28. There will be no more in-person voting. If you have not already voted, you must request an absentee ballot by mail or phone, receive that ballot, fill it out, and mail it back in by April 28.
That's a lot of mailing back and forth in just four weeks.
Mugwump Of The Week
We're continuing our suspension 0f the "Snollygoster of the week" award to instead celebrate the selfless work we're seeing in the political sphere.
This week it goes to Gov. Mike DeWine. You may not agree with all that he's done. You may think he’s been too tough, or not tough enough. But he’s been out front on this issue, trying to stop the spread of coronavirus. Hopefully, we’ll all benefit from his non-partisan, decisive action.
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