The state approved another $2 million for the August election on Monday, taking the total amount of state earmarks to $18 million.
A voter wraps up casting their early ballot during early voting at the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections on Tuesday, July 11, the first day of early voting for the Aug. 8 election. COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio’s rare August special election will cost taxpayers more than originally thought after higher-than expected voter turnout drove additional costs to pay elections workers.
State Rep. Bride Sweeney, a Westlake Democrat who sits on the Controlling Board, pointed out during Monday’s meeting that LaRose’s officeLeslie Piatt, the top fiscal officer for LaRose, said the extra costs came after counties submitted their final bills for the election, and are due to higher-than-expected voter turnout.
Republican lawmakers set the August election, the first to decide a ballot issue in decades, to ask voters to approve a measure that would have made it harder for future constitutional amendments to pass by requiring them to get 60% in a statewide vote in order to pass, up from the longstanding 50% plus one vote.
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