YOUNGSTOWN With Youngstown Council President DeMaine Kitchen having to run as a write-in candidate, he will be among four seeking the seat in the Democratic primary for the job.
In addition to Kitchen, who is serving his first four-year term as council president, the three other write-ins are Christopher N. Travers, Thomas Hetrick and Lee David Pupio.
The three all filed by Monday’s deadline.
The candidate with the most write-in votes during the May 3 primary will be the Democratic nominee for the position.
Kitchen of Struthers Liberty Road was the only candidate to file nominating petitions for the seat. But he withdrew Feb. 11 when the Mahoning County Board of Elections informed him he didn’t have enough valid signatures to get his name on the ballot.
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COLUMBUS Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose has reissued a contentious order limiting the number of ballot drop boxes to one per county for the May 4 primary.
The Republican elections chief set the limit in the context of a federal court opinion describing Ohio’s absentee voting options as “generous.”
“Even though Ohio law does not explicitly provide for the use of secure receptacles, commonly known as ‘drop boxes,’ for an absentee voter to return their ballot to the director,” he wrote, “this Directive, once again, provides for the continued use of secure receptacles outside of the boards of elections.”
COLUMBUS Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose has reissued a contentious order limiting the number of ballot drop boxes to one per county for the May 4 prim
YOUNGSTOWN With the Mahoning County Board of Elections prepared not to certify his candidacy, Youngstown City Council President DeMaine Kitchen withdrew from the Democratic primary and filed to run as a write-in candidate.
Kitchen, who was to run unopposed, submitted nominating petitions with 67 signatures, with 50 needing to be valid, to get on the ballot. But reviews of his petitions by board employees determined only 46 signatures were valid.
Deputy Director Thomas McCabe said the board calls candidates without enough valid signatures before certification, which was Friday, to let them know they likely won’t qualify and offer options, including filing as a write-in, before the board meets to vote.