Ohio Governor signs bill to make primary a mail-in election.

[RandySF]

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[PatSeg]

1. I'm impressed

I never cared much for DeWine, but he has surprised me during this crisis. I hope other states follow suit.

[MineralMan]

2. Very good. I hope other Governors follow his lead.

[Zambero]

4. Wonder if Ron "No Big Deal" DeSantis (and others) are taking note of this?

[Blue_true]

7. Florida already has on-demand absentee voting.

The only issue is that in tight races, republicans can try to invalidate your signature and hence, your vote.

[samplegirl]

3. Let's hope we

can trust this!

[IronLionZion]

5. Very good. There are downticket races and referendums

Even if Biden is a foregone conclusion, there are plenty of important things to vote on in a Democratic primary.

[BlueCheese]

6. Interesting.

I wasn't completely happy with how DeWine handled the original March 17 primary. I understood that he was worried about Covid-19, but unilaterally postponing it with only a few hours to go after losing a court decision wasn't the right way to go about it.

This is not such a great solution either, though. A good vote-by-mail election involves ballots sent to voters without them having to ask for one. This two-step process, where a voter has to first send in an absentee ballot request (with their own stamp), and then send in a ballot, will likely reduce turnout. Maybe they need to do this because they don't know which party's ballot to send?