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

  • 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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