voter registration

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.

A newly introduced bill would allow voters to declare their party preference at any time but voters who cast ballots in primaries would need to be registered with the party 30 days prior to Election Day.

The For the People Act would dramatically overhaul the U.S. voting system and seek to limit the amount of dark money in politics. It is not expected to advance in the Senate.

A near record number of Ohioans were registered to vote in 2020. Now 97,795 voter registrations have been removed from the rolls during what Ohio…