The Ohio House approves Senate Bill 293, which would require mail-in ballots to arrive by Election Day to be counted.

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.

Ohio Republicans are mulling election changes as President Donald Trump targets absentee ballots and noncitizen voting.

Ohio ensures the secure transport of Kelleys Island ballots on Election Day, involving bipartisan election officials and Coast Guard escort.

Senate Bill 293, sponsored by State Senator Theresa Gavarone, R-Bowling Green, and State Senator Andrew Brenner, R-Delaware, would require that all absentee ballots sent by mail must be delivered to the county board of elections by 7:30 p.m. when the polls close on Election Day.

By this time next year, Ohio will have chosen a new governor. Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, is term-limited, so Ohio’s top seat is an open race. Gathering the

One Senate seat is up for election in Ohio, held by a Democratic incumbent. Voters will also choose representatives for 16 House seats, four of which are held by Democrats and 12 by Republicans. And they will select a governor,

Wednesday evening, the Ohio House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 293, an election integrity bill that changes the rules on mail-in voting and voter registration. S.B. 293 was initially one of two election integrity bills proposed by Sen.

The Ohio legislature voted Wednesday to eliminate a four-day post-election grace period that allowed several thousand mail-in absentee ballots across the state to be counted in the 2024 presidential election.