2020 presidential election

A new Quinnipiac poll of registered voters shows Ohio may be a swing state once again. The race between President Trump and likely Democratic nominee Joe Biden is a virtual dead heat with a little over four months to go before the November election.

The former head of the Ohio Republican Party is spearheading an effort to get Democrat Joe Biden elected president.

Voter turnout in Ohio has been around 70 percent in presidential election years, and elections officials think turnout will be high this year as well. But with lingering concerns related to the pandemic, they say it’s going to be important to get as many Ohioans as possible to vote early this November. 

COVID-19 closed down the March primary election, and lawmakers extended the absentee ballot deadline to late April.  Voter rights groups are asking state lawmakers to reform voting laws now, to avoid confusion before the November election. But they are not necessarily on the same page when it comes to which reforms should be made. 

Thousands of voters came out around the state to cast ballots in person on the final weekend of early voting.

Ohio House Democrats are urging Congress to pass legislation meant to protect the rights of workers and allow them to unionize.