With the 2012 presidential election less than 200 days away, Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted used the Delaware County Board of Elections to kick off a state-wide drive to recruit poll workers and highlight changes in election procedure.
Faced with a budget shortfall of $1.3 million heading into the 2012–2013 school year and the unpopular prospect of shuttering one of the district’s elementary schools to help close the gap, Buckeye Valley School School Board members on Wednesday agreed to a compromise plan that could allow North Elementary to remain open for at least a couple more years.
Early voting for Ohio’s March 6 primary election kicked off yesterday. But for many of Delaware County’s approximately 93,000 unaffiliated voters, they could show up at the polls with nothing to vote on. That is unless they are willing to sacrifice their political independence.
If state Sen. Kris Jordan (R-Powell) has his way, Ohio voters could be asked to go to the polls less often.
COLUMBUS — The Ohio House of Representatives passed a compromise bill to reunite the state’s primary in March and approve a new congressional map, ending months of political wrangling in that chamber. The 77–17 House vote came at the eleventh-hour during the chamber’s last scheduled voting day this year. It’s aimed at ending a dispute over new GOP-drawn congressional lines.
One of the two co-directors of the Delaware County Board of Elections has been fired. The four-member board that oversees the county’s election office on Wednesday voted unanimously to dismiss Democratic Board of Elections Director Brian Mumford.
While it was ultimately one of only six Ohio counties that passed the controversial measure, Issue 2 drove the highest voter turnout for an off-year Delaware County general election in more than 20 years.
A Nov. 22 date has been set for the Delaware County Board of Elections to determine whether or not a recount will be necessary to determine who won a third seat on the Olentangy school board this election.