03/17/2020

Ohio Democrats Challenge LaRose Authority to Set New Primary Date

The litigation contends there just should be an extension of absentee balloting

State government leaders are preparing for a legal battle and they got it over the last-minute decision late Monday to postpone Ohio’s primary election over concerns about the spread of COVID-19.

The Ohio Democratic Party and Kiara Sanders, a Reynoldsburg woman, filed suit against Secretary of State Frank LaRose in the Ohio Supreme Court late Tuesday afternoon, arguing only lawmakers — not LaRose — could set an election date.

The litigation contends there should not be another primary election day, just an extension of absentee balloting until late April.

Please select this link to read the complete article from The Columbus Dispatch.