Ohio elections

WOSU’s Debbie Holmes spoke with Shayla L. Davis, president and chief of the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus Foundation.

A bipartisan bill that started out as an avenue for homeless Ohioans to get free identifying documents like birth certificates and state ID cards has been fast tracked as it's turned into something else.

The heads of both the Ohio House and Senate want voters to decide whether to codify their existing ID requirements in the state constitution this November.

Ohio is one of 11 states that are sharing data through EleXa.

A bill to require absentee ballots arrive at boards of elections by election day—eliminating the four day grace period in current law--is headed to Gov. Mike DeWine.

State lawmakers have approved a bill that wipes out the four-day grace period after election day for ballots to arrive at Ohio boards of elections.

A Republican-backed bill that moves up when absentee ballots must be received by boards of elections passed the Ohio Senate on a mostly party line vote.

An influential conservative group has issued its first endorsement in the 2026 election cycle in Ohio, backing Auditor Keith Faber for attorney general.

U.S. Sen. Jon Husted has $2.6 million in cash on hand for his race to hold onto his seat next year, according to Federal Elections Commission financial disclosures.

Voting rights advocates are raising red flags over identical Ohio House and Senate bills that would make a host of changes to state election laws, again, in the name of election integrity.