COLUMBUS: Ohio’s top election official says state lawmakers should repeal and replace a controversial new elections law rather than allowing voters to weigh in on it in November.
Republican Secretary of State Jon Husted told a gathering of election officials Wednesday that he believes Ohio should start over on the process after the 2012 presidential election. He made the call despite the legislation containing many of his own ideas.
The new election law shortened Ohio’s early voting period, among other changes to the state’s election procedures. It is on temporary hold after being cleared in December to go before voters this fall, on the same date voters select the next president.
Husted told the Ohio Association of Election Officials that the uncertain status of the law will cause confusion for voters.
