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In reply to the discussion: Ohio Sec of State just spelled out a restriction to the location of drop boxes that appears nowhere [View all]Ms. Toad
(33,915 posts)52. They are not making it harder. They are making it easier.
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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Ohio Sec of State just spelled out a restriction to the location of drop boxes that appears nowhere [View all]
soothsayer
Aug 2020
OP
That isn't what I am saying. They need MORE drop off boxes, just as we do in Colorado--
hlthe2b
Aug 2020
#10
I am not a Ohio attorney, but others have stated there is no restricition in law prohibiting
hlthe2b
Aug 2020
#16
Board of election in Cuyahoga County has drop off boxes in their office downtown. nt
Doremus
Aug 2020
#59
Why the hell are you defending restricting drop-off boxes that can and are secured in other states?
hlthe2b
Aug 2020
#12
Ohio didn't have drop boxes because they weren't needed, not because they were restricted by law
StarfishSaver
Aug 2020
#29
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
So was notarizing absentee ballot applications in Rhode Island, yet SCOTUS upheld the unilateral
hlthe2b
Aug 2020
#48
So, post the verbiage so others here without access can see for themselves, especially
hlthe2b
Aug 2020
#51
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
There is currently no law authorizing drop boxes anywhere in the state. So why is it ok for LaRose
StarfishSaver
Aug 2020
#62
Ridiculous. Colorado secures multiple drop off boxes the week before the election and has for years
hlthe2b
Aug 2020
#11
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
YOU MADE THE CLAIM BUT REFUSE TO SUPPORT YOUR OWN STATEMENT? I know what that means
hlthe2b
Aug 2020
#58
With surprising deference to SOS LaRose, it would appear he's equally displeased:
OilemFirchen
Aug 2020
#34