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2020 is looking to be a pivotal year in politics. But this year's elections are about much more than the race for the White House. And the coronavirus pandemic is proving to be a complicating factor. WKSU, our colleagues at public radio stations across Ohio and the region and at NPR will bring you coverage of all the races from the national to the local level.

Ohio Democrats File Lawsuit To Add More Ballot Drop Boxes

The ballot drop box at the Delaware County Board of Elections has a drive thru. But it's behind the building near the dumpsters.
Jo Ingles
The ballot drop box at the Delaware County Board of Elections has a drive thru. But it's behind the building near the dumpsters.

After weeks of pressuring the state to add more ballot drop boxes, the Ohio Democratic Party to allow county boards of elections to install more of them.

Ohio Democratic Party chair David Pepper said the goal of the lawsuit is to clarify whether the law limits each county to a single drop box at the board of elections. And he thinks it鈥檚 not too late to add more.

鈥淢y hope would be that we wouldn鈥檛 get caught in endless litigation. This is something that almost everyone is looking at agrees is simply pro-voter," Pepper said.

Pepper said counties could use federal pandemic relief funds to add more drop boxes, because they reduce crowds at polling places, allow people with health concerns to vote from home and help with stress on the postal system. Democrats and voting rights groups .

Secretary of State Frank LaRose had dropped his request for a legal opinion on the one per county drop box issue earlier this month, saying there wasn鈥檛 time to add more before early voting starts in October.

LaRose spokesperson Maggie Sheehan said in a statement: 鈥淪ecretary LaRose has been and continues to be supportive of legislation that permits additional options for voters to return their absentee ballots. As an executive office holder, he must follow the law as the legislature writes it. His focus at this time remains on getting the Ohio Controlling Board to permit him to pay postage on absentee ballots, effectively making every blue mail box an absentee drop box.鈥

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Karen is a lifelong Ohioan who has served as news director at WCBE-FM, assignment editor/overnight anchor at WBNS-TV, and afternoon drive anchor/assignment editor in WTAM-AM in Cleveland. In addition to her daily reporting for Ohio鈥檚 public radio stations, she鈥檚 reported for NPR, the BBC, ABC Radio News and other news outlets. She hosts and produces the Statehouse News Bureau鈥檚 weekly TV show 鈥淭he State of Ohio鈥, which airs on PBS stations statewide. She鈥檚 also a frequent guest on WOSU TV鈥檚 鈥淐olumbus on the Record鈥, a regular panelist on 鈥淭he Sound of Ideas鈥 on ideastream in Cleveland, appeared on the inaugural edition of 鈥淔ace the State鈥 on WBNS-TV and occasionally reports for 鈥淧BS Newshour鈥. She鈥檚 often called to moderate debates, including the Columbus Metropolitan Club鈥檚 Issue 3/legal marijuana debate and its pre-primary mayoral debate, and the City Club of Cleveland鈥檚 US Senate debate in 2012.
Karen Kasler
Contact Karen at 614/578-6375 or at kkasler@statehousenews.org.