COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s top election official says
opponents of the state’s new election law do not have the signatures
needed to get a ballot repeal question before voters next fall, though
foes have another 10 days to submit more signatures.
Among other changes, the law shortens the swing state’s early voting period.
Secretary
of State Jon Husted’sruling on Monday comes after
election officials reviewed the more than 333,000 signatures that
opponents submitted in late September to put the law on hold.
Opponents,
including Democrats, needed roughly 231,000 valid signatures to get a
referendum before voters in 2012, and they were more than 9,500 shy of
that amount.
Opponents have until Thanksgiving Day to submit more signatures.
An Ohio Democratic Party spokesman says they have collected more than 100,000 additional signatures.
Copyright 2011 The Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s top election official says
opponents of the state’s new election law do not have the signatures
needed to get a ballot repeal question before voters next fall, though
foes have another 10 days to submit more signatures.
Among other changes, the law shortens the swing state’s early voting period.
Secretary
of State Jon Husted’sruling on Monday comes after
election officials reviewed the more than 333,000 signatures that
opponents submitted in late September to put the law on hold.
Opponents,
including Democrats, needed roughly 231,000 valid signatures to get a
referendum before voters in 2012, and they were more than 9,500 shy of
that amount.
Opponents have until Thanksgiving Day to submit more signatures.
An Ohio Democratic Party spokesman says they have collected more than 100,000 additional signatures.
Copyright 2011 The Associated Press.