Voting laws

Groups proposing amendments to repeal some Ohio voting laws and to eliminate qualified immunity for some government employees got rejections from the attorney general.

A group that wants to get rid of new Ohio laws requiring voters to show photo ID and limiting ballot drop boxes to one per county has resubmitted its amendment to do that and more, after it was rejected by the attorney general last month.

Rural areas saw less voter turnout in the 2020 presidential election than other parts of Ohio. A new report by the Population Health Institute suggests a lack of broadband access could play a role.

A few controversial bills passed during the lame duck session haven't been signed or vetoed, and Gov. Mike DeWine has to decide soon what to do with them.

The bill goes further than a previous Republican-backed bill that was proposed though the Secretary of State called the Ohio 2020 vote a success.

Groups that represent elections officials and voters are cautiously approaching a Republican-backed bill to make changes in Ohio’s laws on early voting,…

Ohio has joined the list of states where Republicans want to make changes to voting laws after the 2020 election. And there are changes in this bill that…