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Evidence Ohio’s voter ID law is disenfranchising voters should propel Issue 1 to passage
With regard to your Oct. 7 article on voting in Ohio (”Thousands blocked from casting votes since 2023″), making it harder to vote has been part of the Republican playbook for years. In a speech made in 1980 that’s viewable on YouTube at https://tinyurl.com/2ns366nw, the late Paul Weyrich, a Heritage Foundation co-founder, said, “I don’t want everybody to vote. ... Our leverage in the elections quite candidly goes up as the voting populace goes down.” Donald Trump’s “Big Lie” asserts that the 2020 election was stolen because of “voter fraud,” which has been shown time and again to be virtually nonexistent and a nonfactor in the election results.
What is your favorite food at the Fairfield County Fair?
LANCASTER − It's time once again for the Fairfield County Fair and all the fun it brings. Some of that fun certainly involves food. Funnel cake, elephant ears, deep-fried Oreos, ice cream, sausages and pizza, burgers and more all add to the enjoyment of the fair. You have a chance here to name your...
Request an absentee ballot now to ensure your right to vote in the Nov. 5 election
Yet again, Ohioans are being subjected to an outsized effort to fix something that wasn’t broken, through the requirement to get a government-issued ID to vote. “Ohio could be on the verge of rejecting an historic number of ballots in the 2024 presidential election after Republican lawmakers adopted one of the strictest voter ID laws in the country last year,” The Plain Dealer reported Oct. 7 (”Thousands blocked from casting votes since 2023″). All to repair a voter integrity issue that didn’t exist, in line with the former president’s claim of a “rigged” election.
Central Ohioans continue helping Helene victims
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — More than a week after flooding from Hurricane Helene devastated parts of western North Carolina, central Ohioans continue to lend a hand in the area. One of the people who’s been helping out is Brian Butler. For the last week, he’s been cleaning with others and been with a group getting […]
Ohioans will cast ballots in 116 state legislative races in 2024. Here are the top 8 to watch
COLUMBUS, Ohio—On Nov. 5, voters across Ohio will cast ballots in a total of 116 state legislative races. But only a fraction of them are expected to be truly competitive races, where the Republican or Democratic nominee each have a realistic chance of winning on Election Night. If you...
The fall season is winding down, it's time to recognize this week's Girls Athlete of the Week
The girls teams are entering the final week of the season, and there were notable performances from last week. Sheridan's Josie Ramey tallied 825 votes to top New Lexington's Peyton Everett, who had 603 votes, for the Fall Sports Girls Athlete of the Week. More: Saturday roundup: Wyatt Mynes reached another milestone for Maysville...
MetroHealth lawsuit dismissed: The Wake Up for Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024
Subscribe to the Wake Up, cleveland.com’s free morning newsletter, delivered to your inbox weekdays at 5:30 a.m. MetroHealth fired its CEO, Akram Boutros, in November 2022 after the board said he improperly awarded himself $1.98 million in bonuses over several years. He had led the hospital system for nearly...
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