LaRose Pushed Bill Eliminating First Week Of Voting, Which Would Have Begun Today COLUMBUS— Today marks the day early voting would have begun in Ohio if not for an effort led by state Sen. Frank LaRose (R-Hudson) to pass his partisan bill restricting ballot access by eliminating the widely-used first week of in-person early voting
In case you missed it… Mike Rasor, the Republican candidate for Ohio House District 37, is facing questions about unethical behavior after he was ordered by a federal judge to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines for “fabricating evidence and misleading the courts.” Rasor and his colleagues have been sanctioned and fined $2.4
GOP Voting Restrictions Continue To Disenfranchise Service Members COLUMBUS — Statehouse Republicans have said they won’t vote on any legislation before Election Day, making state Sen. Frank LaRose’s introduction this week of a bill on overseas absentee voting little more than an election-year stunt designed to obscure his support for voter purges that have removed
Gonzalez Refused Two Invites from League of Women Voters CLEVELAND — Anthony Gonzalez has been ducking debates with his opponent, Susan Moran Palmer, and has turned down not one, but two invites from the League of Women Voters — despite his claims to the Cleveland.com/Plain Dealer editorial board. “Debates aren’t a ‘political tactic’ — they’re
COLUMBUS — With early voting set to open in less than two weeks, Ohio Democrats are highlighting their agenda to put people first with a statewide bus tour, traveling across Ohio to county fairs, festivals, rallies, college campuses, cities and villages in every area of the state all the way to Election Day. “Our candidates
ATHENS COUNTY — The dangers of Republican attacks on health care and the importance of electing Democrats up and down the ballot were the focus of today’s news conference in Athens with Rick Neal (candidate for Ohio’s 15th Congressional District), Shawna Roberts (candidate for Ohio’s 6th Congressional District), Amber Daniels (candidate for Ohio’s 78th state
STARK COUNTY — Ohio Democratic Party candidates for Stark County offices yesterday held a news conference to highlight the dangers of Republican attacks on health care and the importance of electing Democrats up and down the ballot. Video of the full press conference can be viewed here. Speakers at yesterday’s press event included candidate for
Lawmaker Silent As GOP Scandals Engulf Statehouse COLUMBUS — As criminal corruption scandals continue to rock state politics, including the for-profit charter ECOT cheating Ohio taxpayers out of nearly $200 million dollars and the FBI investigating former GOP House Speaker Cliff Rosenberger, Republican Frank LaRose has remained silent. “Ohio taxpayers have been cheated out of
COLUMBUS — Applications sent by Jon Husted’s Secretary of State’s Office to every registered voter in Mahoning County to request a mail ballot for the November election have the wrong ZIP code on the return envelope, according to the Youngstown Vindicator. “This error has resulted in voters having their applications for mail-in ballots sent back
From SB5 To Voting Issues, Lawmaker’s Record In Line With Extremist Colleagues COLUMBUS — As state lawmakers were debating Senate Bill (SB) 5 attacks on working people in 2011, state Sen. Frank LaRose (R-Hudson) met with constituents to tell them he would not support the bill stripping working people of their rights. One week later,