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- $Supporters and opponents of a GOP-backed measure that would make it harder to amend the Ohio constitution packed the statehouse rotunda May 10, 2023, in Columbus, Ohio ahead of the politically fractured Ohio House's vote. A high-stakes August special election with national political implications is upending local election offices across Ohio. Already stressed, they must lure poll workers away from vacations, relocate polling places booked with summer weddings or maintenance, and repeatedly retes$
Supporters and opponents of a GOP-backed measure that would make it harder to amend the Ohio constitution packed the statehouse rotunda May 10, 2023, in Columbus, Ohio ahead of the politically fractured Ohio House's vote. A high-stakes August special election with national political implications is upending local election offices across Ohio. Already stressed, they must lure poll workers away from vacations, relocate polling places booked with summer weddings or maintenance, and repeatedly retest ballot language after the state’s high court found errors in the original wording. (AP Photo/Samantha Hendrickson, File)

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With abortion rights on the line, an August special election has Ohio election offices scrambling
By JULIE CARR SMYTH - Associated Press
Sun,06/25/23-11:28PM , 166 Reads
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A high-stakes August special election with national political implications is upending local election offices across Ohio, as already
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Evan Burroughs, who touts the virtues of an Oregon pilot program that charges motorists by the distance their vehicle travels rather than the gas it uses, displays a tracking device the program uses, in Salem, Ore., on Wednesday June 21, 2023. U.S. states are experimenting with road usage charging programs aimed at one day replacing motor fuel taxes, which are generating less each year, in part due to fuel efficiency and the rise of electric cars. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky)

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As fuel taxes plummet, states weigh charging by the mile instead of the tank
By JULIE CARR SMYTH - Associated Press
Sat,06/24/23-11:25PM , 785 Reads
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Evan Burroughs has spent eight years touting the virtues of an Oregon pilot program charging motorists by the distance their vehicle travels rather than the gas it guzzles, yet his own mother still hasn't bought in.
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President Donald Trump greets Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, Jan. 9, 2020, as he arrives at Toledo Express Airport, in Swanton, Ohio. The Republican secretaries of state in Ohio, West Virginia and Missouri all have promoted their states’ elections as fair and secure. Yet each also is navigating a fine line on how to address election fraud conspiracies, as they eye campaigns for U.S. Senate or governor in 2024. (AP Photo/ Jacquelyn Martin, File)

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GOP election officials walking fine line on fraud, integrity
By JULIE CARR SMYTH - Associated Press
Sun,04/30/23-6:40AM , 207 Reads
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Republican secretaries of state in Ohio, West Virginia and Missouri have promoted their states’ elections as fair and secure.
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Ruth Kohake poses for a portrait outside of the Price Hill Public Library, Thursday, March 23, 2023, in Cincinnati. Kohake is among those caught up in the confusion over Ohio's strict new photo ID requirement. The retired nurse from Cincinnati gave up her driver’s license and her car in 2019. Now 82, she thought she might never have to step foot in another state license agency. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean)

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GOP states press voter photo ID rules, with unclear effects
By JULIE CARR SMYTH - Associated Press
Sun,03/26/23-7:01AM , 107 Reads
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — As Ohio’s primary approaches, a strict new photo ID requirement is stirring concerns for military veterans and out-of-state college students, in Amish communities and among older voters.
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