Ohio appeals court rules state doesn't have to accept electronic absentee ballot requests, overturni
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A Franklin County judge was wrong when he ordered Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose to accept electronic absentee ballot applications for the upcoming presidential election, a three-judge Ohio appellate court panel unanimously ruled Tuesday while overturning the previous decision.
owever, all three judges said LaRose, a Republican, under state law has the discretion to do so were he to so choose at some point in the future.
Three judges from the 10th District Court of Appeals said they agreed with arguments from the Ohio Democratic Party that the state law doesn’t prohibit elections officials from accepting applications for absentee ballots via email or fax. But two of the judges said the Ohio Democratic Party didn’t demonstrate a “right” under the law to “unlimited methods for delivery of their applications” or prove that LaRose had a legal duty to offer applications option beyond in-person or mail delivery of applications.
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