Ohio's election integrity is set to improve with new budget provisions as highlighted by Secretary of State Frank LaRose.

Dr. Amy Acton, currently the only Democratic candidate running for Ohio Governor, spoke at the City Club of Cleveland on June 25. During a recent forum, former Ohio Department of Health Director Dr. Amy Acton emphasized her role as a public servant, not a politician, in her 2026 run for governor.

Instead of an independent seven-member commission, the Senate proposes a five-member body known as the Ohio Election Integrity Commission housed in the Ohio Secretary of State’s office.

Ohio is legally required to redraw its congressional district map ahead of the 2026 election, and early reports indicate that big changes could be coming.

Ohio could soon prosecute voter fraud more often, and the state unit charged with investigating potential fraud could become permanent. Secretary of State Frank LaRose applauded the Senate passage of Senate Bill 4 as a confidence boost for accurate elections and a message to offenders that prosecution could more readily come.

Ohio lawmakers are officially on summer break and a hotly debated piece of legislation failed to pass before legislators signed off until October. “I’m hopeful that

This has already presented difficulties, for instance, for some trying to obtain a National I.D. card for air travel. How it plays out on the map But the “cherry on top,” Dufour said, is redistricting.

The proposals to overturn legislation overhauling higher education, eliminate property taxes and end qualified immunity will not be on the November ballot.

The Ohio Senate passed Senate Bill 4 to formalize the Election Integrity Unit, aimed at enforcing election integrity and enabling more effective prosecution of election fraud.

The newly-passed Ohio budget bill includes a provision that would require school board candidates to list their political party on the ballot.

Senate Bill 1, the extensive law overhauling diversity programs and practices at public institutions of higher education in Ohio, goes into effect today.