campaign finance

The short-term ruling came in the form of a stay, the latest in months of legal back-and-forth over whether Ohio’s House Bill 1 violates the First Amendment.

Just hours before an Ohio law banning foreign nationals from contributing to ballot issue campaigns was set to take effect, a federal judge blocked part of it.

A legal challenge seems likely for the newly-signed ban on foreign contributions into ballot issue campaigns in Ohio.

Ohio Gov. DeWine signed legislation that would ban foreign donations to statewide ballot issues. But is it, as Democrats contend, a solution in search of a problem?

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed the two bills that resulted from the special legislative session that he called for, on the Biden ballot fix and the ban on foreign money in ballot issue campaigns.

Ohio lawmakers reconvened after Gov. Mike DeWine told them to pass bills putting President Biden on the ballot and banning foreign nationals from contributing to ballot races.

The Ohio Senate voted along party lines to advance the fast-tracked dark money bill that bans foreign contributions to campaigns for and against ballot issues.

The candidates vying for the Democratic nomination for governor raised close to the same amount of money in the last six months, but the fundraising race on the Republican side was no contest. Campaign finance reports also show big money is coming in for Republicans running for the Ohio House, Ohio Senate, and the Ohio Supreme Court.

A good government group is highlighting an email shared among Gov. Mike DeWine’s fundraising staff as a reason to require more campaign finance disclosures – specifically for lobbyists.

House Oversight Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney calls on Louis DeJoy to be suspended amid allegations that he might have violated rules on political donations. DeJoy denies any wrongdoing.