Bill Seitz
Editorial Roundup: Ohio

By The Associated Press May. 17, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
(Elyria) Chronicle-Telegram. May 14, 2021. Editorial: A new stage in the pandemic If you still needed a reason to get...

FILE-This Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020 file photo shows Board of Elections worker Bob Moody moving boxes of ballots at the Trumbull County Board of Elections in Warren, Ohio. A state representative sponsoring a significant rewrite of Ohio's election laws says it will be released soon, Tuesday, April 20, 2021. State Rep. Bill Seitz said the bill could reduce early voting days and prohibit ballot drop boxes but also could add conveniences like online mail-in ballot requests. (AP Photo/David Dermer, File)
Democrats blast 'regressive' GOP-backed voting law rewrite

By Julie Carr Smyth Apr. 23, 2021 01:25 PM EDT

GOP-backed overhaul of Ohio voting laws nearing release

By Julie Carr Smyth Apr. 20, 2021 01:51 PM EDT
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A significant rewrite of Ohio's election laws is under way that could reduce early voting days and prohibit ballot drop boxes while also...

Applications for voter ballots are seen at the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections Tuesday, July 14, 2020, in Cleveland. As more states embrace mail-in balloting, an often overlooked detail has emerged as a partisan dividing line: postage. Questions over whether postage will be required for absentee ballot applications and ballots themselves, who pays for it and what happen to envelopes without stamps are the subject of lawsuits and Statehouse political brawls. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
Cost, hassle of stamps questioned as mail-in voting surges

By Julie Carr Smyth Jul. 18, 2020 10:17 AM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 13, 2019, file photo, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine speaks about his plans for the coming year during an interview at the Governor's Residence in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio's Republican governor was hailed as prophetic for his decisive steps to shut down schools and stop the state's presidential primary election early during the coronavirus outbreak. Since then, he's found navigating a path out of the state's pandemic shutdown to be a bumpy one. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
New pressure on Ohio governor, once hailed for virus action

By Farnoush Amiri, Julie Carr Smyth And John Seewer Jul. 15, 2020 04:24 PM EDT

FILE – In this March 5, 2019 file photo, Ohio House minority leader Emilia Sykes delivers the Democrat's response to the Gov. Mike DeWine's State of the State address at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. Sykes is among a group of Democrats in the state who proposed a resolution Tuesday, June 2, 2020, to declare racism a public health crisis amid protests across the state and nationwide over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon, File)
Ohio Democrats push to declare racism a public health crisis

By Farnoush Amiri Jun. 03, 2020 02:39 PM EDT

Jarrett Barth, left, and coworkers replace asphalt at an apartment complex during the coronavirus pandemic, Wednesday, May 6, 2020, in Lyndhurst, Ohio. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
Republican-led House OKs limits on Ohio health director

By John Seewer And Andrew Welsh-Huggins May. 06, 2020 04:47 PM EDT