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Ms. Toad

(33,915 posts)
52. They are not making it harder. They are making it easier.
Thu Aug 13, 2020, 04:43 PM
Aug 2020

Ohio has not had drop boxes at all. All return options were to the board of elections: vote early in person at the board of elections; mail your ballot the board of elections during the hours they are open; have a family member or an authorized representative drop your ballot off during hours they are open.

Adding a 24/7 option makes it easier, not harder, to drop off ballots.

As to securing multiple locations, you have to make sure there are both democratic and republican voters there. (No party is ever left alone with ballots without the other party's presence.)

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So how fast can they get a court challenge? hlthe2b Aug 2020 #1
I don't envision any court challenges. LisaL Aug 2020 #7
That isn't what I am saying. They need MORE drop off boxes, just as we do in Colorado-- hlthe2b Aug 2020 #10
I don't want less drop off boxes. LisaL Aug 2020 #14
I am not a Ohio attorney, but others have stated there is no restricition in law prohibiting hlthe2b Aug 2020 #16
I'm with you StarfishSaver Aug 2020 #24
Board of election in Cuyahoga County has drop off boxes in their office downtown. nt Doremus Aug 2020 #59
That's where the drop boxes are in OH. LisaL Aug 2020 #63
That is certainly implied by the language of the law - Ms. Toad Aug 2020 #2
Other states do it with no problem. StarfishSaver Aug 2020 #4
External drop boxes are an expansion, not a suppression of voting. Ms. Toad Aug 2020 #5
You are correct on drop boxes, but I fail to see the reason why OH only allows LisaL Aug 2020 #6
That, I'll agree is voter suppression. n/t Ms. Toad Aug 2020 #46
Why the hell are you defending restricting drop-off boxes that can and are secured in other states? hlthe2b Aug 2020 #12
OH didn't have drop off boxes, as far as I can tell. LisaL Aug 2020 #17
Ohio never restricted drop off boxes so now that people need them StarfishSaver Aug 2020 #21
You can't restrict something you don't have. LisaL Aug 2020 #26
Ohio didn't have drop boxes because they weren't needed, not because they were restricted by law StarfishSaver Aug 2020 #29
Why exactly they weren't needed in OH as opposed to other states? LisaL Aug 2020 #31
You are aware that Trump is sabotaging the USPS, right? lagomorph777 Aug 2020 #37
No, I have been living under the rock. LisaL Aug 2020 #40
OK - yes that's why drop boxes are new in OH. They need to be as easy to access as Post Offices. lagomorph777 Aug 2020 #42
Because it's the law. Ms. Toad Aug 2020 #47
So was notarizing absentee ballot applications in Rhode Island, yet SCOTUS upheld the unilateral hlthe2b Aug 2020 #48
I'm also an Ohio lawyer. Ms. Toad Aug 2020 #50
So, post the verbiage so others here without access can see for themselves, especially hlthe2b Aug 2020 #51
Everyone has access. Ohio law is public information - Ms. Toad Aug 2020 #54
Post removed Post removed Aug 2020 #56
That's not accurate StarfishSaver Aug 2020 #61
Adding a dropbox at one location where people already can vote is NOT an expansion StarfishSaver Aug 2020 #23
We might have to figure a way to give people rides to the board of election to drop off their LisaL Aug 2020 #27
Imposing circumstances that require this kind of extraordinary effort is voter suppression StarfishSaver Aug 2020 #30
Destroying the post office so it can't deliver mail in ballots is voter supression. LisaL Aug 2020 #32
Exactly StarfishSaver Aug 2020 #33
Prior to COVID 19 Ms. Toad Aug 2020 #49
There is currently no law authorizing drop boxes anywhere in the state. So why is it ok for LaRose StarfishSaver Aug 2020 #62
I agree with you. LisaL Aug 2020 #15
You are exactly right about the rural vs. urban locations StarfishSaver Aug 2020 #22
Ridiculous. Colorado secures multiple drop off boxes the week before the election and has for years hlthe2b Aug 2020 #11
but since you don't have in person voting you only need one set of volunteers dsc Aug 2020 #18
We DO have in-person voting as well. You are totally ill-informed on this. hlthe2b Aug 2020 #19
OH has in person voting on election day, early voting in one location per county, and LisaL Aug 2020 #20
States mailing them out suffciently early (month ahead of time as CO does) will defeat Trump's hlthe2b Aug 2020 #25
It's not going to change in OH. LisaL Aug 2020 #28
Wow, just wow. hlthe2b Aug 2020 #13
They are not making it harder. They are making it easier. Ms. Toad Aug 2020 #52
Absolutely not addressing the issue. You need to read my and other's posts hlthe2b Aug 2020 #53
See my other note. Ms. Toad Aug 2020 #55
YOU MADE THE CLAIM BUT REFUSE TO SUPPORT YOUR OWN STATEMENT? I know what that means hlthe2b Aug 2020 #58
It means I've had 7 hours of sleep in the last 72 hours. Ms. Toad Aug 2020 #60
Let's see what a "great guy" Governor Dewine turns out to be maxrandb Aug 2020 #3
I don't think OH had drop boxes before at all. LisaL Aug 2020 #8
Anyone can be a "great guy" next to Trump so that isn't saying much JI7 Aug 2020 #9
The governor is not the superviser of the Secretary of State. Ms. Toad Aug 2020 #57
With surprising deference to SOS LaRose, it would appear he's equally displeased: OilemFirchen Aug 2020 #34
If anybody is surprised by lawmakers doing nothing to make it easier to vote, LisaL Aug 2020 #35
Indeed. OilemFirchen Aug 2020 #41
DeWineb s only level-headed very rarely - the exception, not the rule StarfishSaver Aug 2020 #45
The law is silent about drop boxes StarfishSaver Aug 2020 #38
Sounds like he is getting heat for it and wants to share the blame (not that there is no blame to LisaL Aug 2020 #39
Not defending him, but... OilemFirchen Aug 2020 #43
DeWine won't do diddly squat StarfishSaver Aug 2020 #44
Need to publicly call this out and defy the illegal order. lagomorph777 Aug 2020 #36
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