COLUMBUS — The Ohio Democratic Party today submitted a public records request to the Ohio attorney general’s office to obtain any communication related to the legal opinion Secretary of State Frank LaRose requested — and then withdrew at the last moment — about secure ballot dropboxes. “Ohioans have used secure dropboxes to return their absentee

COLUMBUS — The Ohio Democratic Party today sent letters to the prosecuting attorneys in Athens, Cuyahoga, Franklin, Hamilton, Lucas, Montgomery and Summit counties with information regarding violations of Ohio statute that prohibit anyone from “knowingly hinder[ing] or delay[ing] the delivery of a lawful ballot to a person entitled to receive it.” It’s also a fourth-degree

COLUMBUS — On the 85th anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the Social Security Act into law, the Ohio Democratic Party released the following statement from Chairman David Pepper: “As our nation celebrates 85 years of Social Security providing retirement security and income for Americans, including nearly 2.4 million Ohioans, Donald Trump is breaking

In case you missed it… Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose’s arbitrary decision to block county boards of elections from installing additional dropboxes to help more voters return their absentee ballots safely and securely is drawing criticism, with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow calling out the secretary for “just decreeing that … on the basis of nobody

LaRose Bans County Boards of Elections From Providing Multiple Secure Dropboxes for Absentee Ballots COLUMBUS — After stonewalling for weeks by requesting and then awaiting a completely unnecessary legal opinion from fellow Republican Attorney General Dave Yost, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose apparently didn’t need the legal opinion after all, as he issued a

In case you missed it… Ohio Republicans are desperately trying to distance themselves from indicted former Speaker Larry Householder — but in picking Bob Cupp to replace Householder, the Ohio House GOP has selected a new speaker who “was the subject of a judicial ethics complaint involving campaign contributions from FirstEnergy, one of his top

COLUMBUS — State Rep. Gayle Manning held a news conference last week to promote new legislation designed to crack down on dark-money political ads and end the “the shell game of hiding money,” but Manning benefited from that shell game in 2014 when a shadowy super PAC run by one of Josh Mandel’s former operatives

COLUMBUS — The Ohio Democratic Party released the following statement from Chairman David Pepper in response to Donald Trump’s executive action that threatens Social Security: “Nearly 85 years after President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law, Donald Trump is jeopardizing the Medicare and Social Security trust funds with a desperate stunt

COLUMBUS — During his tenure as House Speaker, Larry Householder and his alleged criminal enterprise worked hand in hand with the Ohio Republican Party, which received significant financial support from the indicted lawmaker and helped to circulate hacked info to benefit a Team Householder candidate — and now the state party is taking over the

CLEVELAND — Ahead of Donald Trump’s visit today to the Buckeye State, the Ohio Democratic Party held a virtual roundtable with Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, Cleveland City Councilman Blaine Griffin and United Steelworkers Local 979 President Dan Boone to highlight the president’s failed policies and broken promises to working Ohioans. We’re talking with Congresswoman @Marcy_Kaptur, Councilman