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Catching our eyes
• Ohio Republican lawmakers want to attack Ohio’s election authorities again. Karen Kasler of the Statehouse News Bureau reports: “According to the leader of the Republican Senate, there may be another attempt to make it more complex for Ohioans to change the state constitution“
According to the leader of the Republican Senate, there may be another attempt to make it more complex for Ohioans to change the state constitution. It comes as volunteer groups rush to collect 413,487 valid signatures by July 1 to get amendments to eliminate property taxes and ban gigantic data centers from the fall ballot.
• Only 25? WVXU’s Howard Wilkinson writes: “Analysis: Ramaswamy is throwing $25 million of his own money into the Ohio governor’s race“
Amy Acton, the Democratic candidate for Ohio governor, raised $5.2 million in the first quarter of this year, bringing her total to $10 million. A record result for the Democratic candidate for Ohio governor. No Democrat has ever raised more.
But to biotech billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy, her Republican opponent, it’s tiny stuff, the kind of money you’d find between the couch cushions. Ramaswamy, who moved his business from Ohio to Texas just before announcing his candidacy, has just donated $25 million of his own money in a loan to his campaign.
• Drop boxes. David Skolnick of the Youngstown Vindicator/Tribune Chronicle reports: “Sprague targets mailboxes“
Ohio Treasurer Robert Sprague, who is running in the GOP primary for secretary of state, has said he wants to eliminate drop boxes and limit the number of people who can vote by mail.
• First row. Amani Bayo of the Columbus Dispatch reports: “DeWines sits in the front row as Trump welcomes King Charles to the White House“
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and First Lady Fran DeWine sat in the front row on the South Lawn of the White House on April 28 as Donald Trump welcomed King Charles III and Queen Camilla during their visit to the US.
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