Ohio is unlikely to meet its constitutional deadlines for redistricting, so a top legislative leader wants to change the rules, again.
Senate President Matt Huffman, R-Lima, is proposing letting state lawmakers replace the deadlines set by voters in the Ohio Constitution when the U.S. Census Bureau fails to meet its deadlines.
It s not ideal, Huffman said, but the state needs to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot that gives us relief in situations like this.
The situation started back in February when the U.S. Census Bureau announced the population data it traditionally provides to states by April was going to be late – five to six months late.
Ohio GOP lawmakers seek to set limits on ballot drop boxes, change early voting hours: Capitol Letter
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Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley (center) speaks with small business owners at Academy Tavern in Cleveland. Whaley, a Democrat, announced she was running for governor earlier this week. (Seth Richardson, cleveland.com)
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Voter bill details: A new Republican elections bill would limit ballot drop boxes to one site per county and allow them for 10 days of early voting compared to the 30 days for last year’s elections, while also eliminating early in-person on the Monday before Election Day. As Andrew Tobias writes, state Reps. Bill Seitz and Sharon Ray’s elections bill, as described in memo seeking co-sponsors that went out on Thursday, also would allow Ohioans to apply for absentee ballots online, and permit them to update their voter registrations at the BMV. The bill, which is likely to attract controversy giv
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A Republican bill that would temporarily take firearms from people a judge determines to be at risk of hurting themselves or others is about to be re-introduced in Ohio. We have got to make sure that those who show signs of violence get help before they commit acts of violence, Sen. Matt Dolan, R-Chagrin Falls, said. If medical evaluations are complete, legal due process is complete, who can be against violent people with medical issues not having guns.
His bill, which is in the final stages of drafting, is a paired down version of the STRONG Ohio bill Dolan introduced last General Assembly in the wake of a mass shooting in Dayton that killed nine people. There s no expansion of background checks in this new bill. No increased penalties for mishandling firearms – something gun rights groups called extreme and unfair. And no requirements for adding warrant information into state databases.
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