Ohio
Akron Beacon Journal: Thousands saved from Ohio’s purge of inactive voter registrations
Mike Brickner, Ohio director for All Voting is Local, said his organization supported LaRose’s decision to extend exemptions for some registrations on the purge list but that they do not resolve “systemic issues with ways that the boards of elections are conducting their purges, how they’re identifying voters for purges and how they’re working with vendors to identify who should be on this purge list.”
Text Campaign Aims to Prevent Ohio Voters From Being Purged
COLUMBUS--All Voting is Local today will text alert 103,000 Ohioans to update their voter registrations to avoid being purged from the state’s voting lists later this week. On Friday, Secretary of State Frank LaRose plans to purge 235,000 voters’ registrations -- despite urging from advocates to hold off because of errors in multiple counties that have led to eligible voters wrongly placed on the purge list.
Voting Rights Advocates Urge Ohio Secretary of State to Immediately Stop Voter Purges
COLUMBUS-- Ohio voting rights organizations urged Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose to immediately stop plans to purge more than 235,000 voters’ registration on September 6.
ADVISORY — Ohio Voting Rights Advocates Urge Secretary of State to Stop Voter Purge
COLUMBUS--On Thursday, August 15 at 10 a.m, Ohio voting rights organizations will hold a press conference urging Secretary of State Frank LaRose to halt the state’s planned September 6 voter purge. LaRose announced recently that nearly 1,300 voters were wrongly added to the voter purge list, with errors found in four of Ohio’s 88 counties so far.
Reductions in Poll Workers May Leave Ohio Voters Vulnerable
COLUMBUS – Mike Brickner, Ohio State Director for All Voting is Local, issued the following statement in response to Governor Mike DeWine’s signing House Bill 166 that includes a provision to reduce the minimum number of poll workers on Election Day.
Franklin County Has Highest Number Of Provisional Ballots In Ohio
The voting rights group All Voting Is Local released a report this week showing that Franklin County has the most provisional ballots in the state. Provisional ballots are cast when there’s questions about a voter’s eligibility on election day. The Board of Elections must resolve those questions before that person's vote counts.