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Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose, who supported the ban on most August special elections, says in a court filing that law doesn't apply to state legislators in ordering an August special election on an amendment to make it harder to change the constitution.

With early voting already under way and Election Day in two weeks, prominent Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham campaigned for J.D. Vance in Ohio.

Ohio voters have until Sunday to vote on Issue 1, a proposal to make it harder to change the constitution, with Election Day on Aug. 8.

More people have already voted early in this August election than the total who voted in the legislative primary last August, and more than the total number of early voters in the May 2022 primaries for U.S. Senate and governor.

Ohio’s secretary of state called on his multi-millionaire opponents for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate to each kick in $1 million for the pro-Issue 1 campaign.

Ohio Business Roundtable Executive Director Pat Tiberi, Gov. Mike DeWine and Lt. Gov Jon Husted are urging lawmakers who are considering the two-year state budget right now to include funding DeWine proposed for K-12 education, college and job training.

A hearing is scheduled for Wednesday for the controversial Republican-backed higher education bill, though Speaker Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill) said Tuesday the bill doesn’t have the votes to pass the Ohio House.

Sen. Jerry Cirino (R-Kirtland) wrote to university presidents, telling them they should be prepared to explain the need for their capital budget projects, but they should also bring a summary of how they're spending their money.

Senate Bill 83 didn't pass the Ohio House before it adjourned for summer recess, but its sponsor said the proposal isn't dead.

Between four weeks of early and mail-in voting, 2.46 million Ohio voters had cast ballots in the November election as of Saturday.