Ohio Covid Legal Information
We drew these resources principally from Justin Levitt's list of COVID-19 election cases, Standford-MIT Healthy Elections Project COVID-Related Election Litigation Tracker, and the National Center for State Legislatures' COVID-19 and 2020 Primary Elections page.
Litigation Tracker
Executive Actions
Legislative Actions
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OH HB 197
Topics
Vote by Mail
Date Filed
27/03/2020
Description
Voids the previous order by the secretary of state moving the state primary election to June 2 and instead extends absentee voting through April 28, with no in-person voting except for a limited category of voters who need to use an accessible voting machine or cannot receive mail.
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OH HB 680
Topics
Vote by Mail; Emergency
Description
Creates a procedure by which state executives can request the General Assembly to approve an election to be conducted entirely by mail during a public health emergency.
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