In September 2019, he was released from a February 2019 lawsuit filed by members of environmental activist groups, who “accused elections officials of using unconstitutional tactics that kept certain initiatives from going before voters.” That month, he also claimed that Ohio had the most secure elections in the United States. On September 19, 2019, he said he was in the process of distributing $12.8 million Election Assistance Commission funds.
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Cleveland.com:
Ohio judge says Secretary of State Frank LaRose’s one ballot drop box per county rule is ‘arbitrary and unreasonable’
Siding with arguments made by the Ohio Democratic Party, Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Richard Frye didn’t go so far as to block LaRose from enforcing the order. But Frye, a Democrat, in a written judgment on Tuesday said he may do so, noting LaRose, a Republican, has said he’d support allowing additional drop boxes if they were deemed legal.
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WTOL11:
Court: Ohio counties can have more than one ballot drop box; LaRose’s office says directive still in place
The judge’s ruling also outlined how each county’s differing size and population could impact Ohio voters’ ability to travel to their one drop box.
“While the time of day, road network, traffic patterns, availability of public transportation and other features within each county are obvious factors that impact the accessibility of one or more ballot drop boxes, as a generalization it can be said that counties covering a relatively larger geographic area will require more travel time by voters than is needed in smaller counties. Traffic volume in counties with larger populations will also, generally, result in more road congestion and travel time than in less populated counties.”
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Bloomberg:
Ohio Judge Slams Republican Effort to Limit Ballot Drop Boxes
The decision underscores the diverging views that Democrats and Republicans have on the expected surge in mail-in voting, which President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed without evidence will lead to a massive fraud and a “rigged” election. While Ohio Democrats sued over the drop-box limit, the state’s Republican Party intervened to defend it.
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