COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Thousands of Ohio voters were held up or stymied in their efforts to get absentee ballots for last year’s general election because of missing or mismatched signatures on their ballot applications, an Associated Press review has found. “It fell at the time of the election, and we were going to vote the absentee ballot. Twelve responding counties recorded encountering no signature issues with the absentee applications. Signatures and other verification requirements are there to safeguard Ohio’s elections, said state Rep. John Becker, a southwestern Ohio Republican. Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose advocated as a state lawmaker for Ohio to allow voters to apply for absentee ballots online.

Source: Huffington Post December 16, 2019 12:45 UTC