voter registration

The $11 billion transportation budget is awaiting Gov. Mike DeWine’s signature, after passing both the House and Senate unanimously.

At around $11.5 billion, Ohio's biennial transportation budget would primarily fund state highway, route and bridge construction projects.

The latest version of House Bill 54, the biennial transportation budget, has Ohio rejoining the Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Commission at $25,000 a year.

Boards of elections are dealing with residents who are using a state law to challenge other Ohioans’ right to vote – in some cases, by the thousands.

Monday is the last day to register to vote in Ohio and public officials and political organizers say Ohioans should check their registration prior to the deadline.

The League of Women Voters of Ohio is crisscrossing the state registering college students to vote as part if its “Your Voice, Your Vote, Your Power.”

Groups around Ohio are conducting voter registration campaigns, including one campuses, though younger voters can be hard to mobilize.

Although LaRose has “exclusive authority” over the state’s voter registration forms, he said present state law does not let him question proof of citizenship on them.

Secretary of State Frank LaRose wants some Ohio county prosecutors to charge canvassers for alleged wrongdoing.

All registrations deemed inactive and so legally qualified for removal will be listed for public review on a Registration Readiness roster posted for public review to the Ohio Secretary of State's website.