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Ohio sees drop in both coronavirus case rate, unemployment benefits claims: Capitol Letter Today 8:00 AM Forty-five of Ohio s 88 counties are on red alert for concern over spread of the virus. Thirty-nine are a step lower for concern at orange, and four at the lowest level of yellow.Rich Exner, cleveland.com Facebook Share Rotunda Rumblings Ohio not as red: Forty-five Ohio counties are on red alert for concern over the spread of coronavirus this week. That’s the lowest this number has been in months, Rich Exner reports. It was as high as 84 in parts of January and February. Meanwhile, the two-week case rate dropped sharply, to 155.6 cases per 100,000 residents, down from 200 just two weeks ago, the state health department reported Thursday. ....
Ohio GOP lawmakers seek to set limits on ballot drop boxes, change early voting hours: Capitol Letter Updated 8:41 AM; Today 8:00 AM 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) Facebook Share Rotunda Rumblings 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 at ....