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Court allows Ohio citizenship proof rule at BMV
Elections and votingA federal appeals panel reversed an order that had blocked Ohio’s citizenship-document rule for voter registration at BMV offices.
The Ballot Ohio News DeskSep 25, 2026
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News · OH
Court restores Ohio voter citizenship proof law
Elections and votingA 2-1 ruling restores Ohio’s proof-of-citizenship requirement one month after a lower court temporarily blocked the voter ID law.
The Ballot Ohio DeskSep 25, 2026
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Ohio Attorney General’s Office to Upgrade Biometric Platform
Elections and votingNEC announced that the Ohio Attorney General’s Office will move to the Integra-ID 7 biometric platform through a software-as-a-service model.
The Ballot Ohio News DeskSep 24, 2026
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Wilmington data center proposal off November ballot
Elections and votingWilmington voters will not decide proposed data center regulations through the November ballot.
The Ballot Ohio News DeskSep 19, 2026
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Supreme Court rejects Trump mail-vote screening order
Elections and votingThe justices left in place a lower court ruling against required U.S. Postal Service screening of mail-in ballots.
The Ballot Ohio Policy DeskSep 16, 2026