Category: Ohio

The Cincinnari Enquirer covers a controversy brewing in Ohio regarding absentee ballot requests. The McCain forms included a box voters can mark to declare themselves qualified to vote. But Democratic Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner says that if the box isn’t checked, circled or initialed, the application is no good. Those voters are essentially admitting […]

According to this report, the Ohio Secretary of State is interested in certain Ohio Republican Party transactions. The Ohio Secretary of State’s office notified the state’s Republican Party on Tuesday that it believes the party misdirected funds during the last election cycle, 10 Investigates Paul Aker reported.

This story (with video) shows how one campaign finance agency is approaching public education. “Campaign finance is often very complicated,” says Kelly Neer, Assistant Campaign Finance Administrator for Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, “and sometimes, first-time candidates and committees sometimes don’t know the regulations. They can get in trouble; we’re trying to prevent that.”