Ohio Capital Journal: Ohio Sec. of State LaRose proposes eliminating ballot drop boxes, changes rules ahead of election
Drop boxes are threatened in Ohio by the very elected official whose job is to run the election, John.
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose has asked leaders in the Ohio state legislature to create a law eliminating ballot drop boxes even after a court ruled that people with disabilities should have more opportunities to vote.
LaRose also used his own powers as Secretary of State to add more steps before voters can use drop boxes ahead of the November election. His actions will disenfranchise millions of voters this fall: 1 in 4 Ohioans voted absentee in their last election, according to state data.
This hurts Ohio's voters, from working families to college students to the elderly. An Ohio state senator summed it up for everyone: “They make it tougher for people to vote, make it tougher for people to take their own spouse’s ballot to the one box in the county that they’re allowed to have to drop off their ballots, anything they can do to make it tougher to vote.”