Franklin County Court Rules All Ohioans Should Be Able To Request Absentee Ballots Online

A Franklin County Common Pleas Court judge has ruled Ohioans can apply for absentee mail-in ballots online.

Ohioans who want to vote by mail must fill out a paper application then send or hand deliver it to their local board of elections. The Ohio Democratic Party’s David Pepper says the suit he filed contended Secretary of State Frank LaRose could allow all Ohioans to file for a ballot electronically just like Ohioans who vote from overseas can.

“Why should someone be able to send it from Russia and not Russia Ohio?," Pepper asks.

Attorneys for LaRose argued that switching to online applications now could cause problems with the November election. LaRose will appeal the ruling.

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