Election Day procedures for the upcoming primary are changing. Again.
Ballots cast for the 2020 primary election will be counted Tuesday, April 28, rather than June 2, and will be done almost entirely by mail.
State lawmakers passed legislation this week rescheduling the already once-rescheduled primary election. Logan County residents wishing to participate in the April 28 primary, can call the board of elections office, 599-7255, or visit https://www.boe.ohio.gov/logan/ and download a ballot.
The only in-person ballots that will be accepted will be from those with certain physical disabilities, or individuals without a home mailing address.
Anyone requesting an absentee ballot must do so by Friday, April 25, and ballots must be postmarked by April 27 in order to be counted.
So far, the Logan County Board of Elections has processed 3,023 absentee applications, and has received about 2,850 ballots.
Ohio’s top health official ordered polls closed over concerns about the coronavirus just hours before voters were supposed to begin casting ballots March 17 in the state’s presidential primary.
DeWine announced the decision the night before after a judge had ruled against his request that in-person voting be delayed because of crowds at polling places.
Ohio’s top health official ordered polls closed over concerns about the coronavirus just hours before voters were supposed to begin casting ballots March 17 in the state’s presidential primary.
DeWine announced the decision the night before after a judge had ruled against his request that in-person voting be delayed because of crowds at polling places.
Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose instructed the state’s 88 county election boards to comply with Dr. Amy Acton’s directive and rescheduled in-person voting to June 2. That timeline was challenged in court by the Ohio Democratic Party, which advocated for casting all remaining votes by mail.
The party moved Thursday to drop its lawsuit, saying the coronavirus relief bill passed Wednesday had addressed its concerns — but voting-rights advocates remained concerned the new date would disenfranchise voters.
The Ohio chapters of the ACLU, the League of Women Voters and others called April 28 an “unacceptable, unworkable” date.