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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]Response to Ms. Toad (Reply #54)
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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