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Time to Fix & Clarify Current Law to Stop Vote Raiding in Primaries
Why do we need to stop party raiding in our primaries and secure our Ohio Primaries?
Because it is the law.
Since December of 2022, Jim Renacci and Ohioans for Responsible Government have been pushing to strengthen the current law and end partisan Vote Raiding in Ohio’s Primaries.
Current Ohio Supreme Court Justice and former Ohio Secretary of State, Jennifer Brunner pushed for it in 2008.
In 2011, then Secretary of State Jon Husted DIVERTED from the law, issuing a directive saying that no precinct election official will challenge party affiliation, a practice that was common prior to his directive which was the intent of the law. He said why should, we want Democrats to become Republicans. Husted was dead wrong.
Since that directive was enacted, we have lost approximately 920,000 registered Republicans in Ohio.
Section 3513.19 of the Ohio Revised Code actually states that you can "Challenge the person is not affiliated or is not a member of the political party whose ballot the person desires to vote.
Party affiliation shall be determined by examining the elector's voting record for the current year and the preceding two calendar years using that as a standard of affiliation.”
It’s time to fix and clarify the existing law in Ohio. It’s time to either challenge the elector or change the law. We need party affiliation to be a conscious decision not a political decision. Let’s do what other states do like Pennsylvania and Kentucky. Registration for party affiliation or a change in party affiliation should be done in IN ADVANCE of primaries.
Jim Renacci said, “It is great to now say we are working together with so many state lawmakers and current Secretary of State, Frank LaRose to get some very important and meaningful legislation done. It will further secure our elections and end the tens of thousands of votes raided in Ohio every primary election cycle. Why? Because it’s the law.”
Because it is the law.
Since December of 2022, Jim Renacci and Ohioans for Responsible Government have been pushing to strengthen the current law and end partisan Vote Raiding in Ohio’s Primaries.
Current Ohio Supreme Court Justice and former Ohio Secretary of State, Jennifer Brunner pushed for it in 2008.
In 2011, then Secretary of State Jon Husted DIVERTED from the law, issuing a directive saying that no precinct election official will challenge party affiliation, a practice that was common prior to his directive which was the intent of the law. He said why should, we want Democrats to become Republicans. Husted was dead wrong.
Since that directive was enacted, we have lost approximately 920,000 registered Republicans in Ohio.
Section 3513.19 of the Ohio Revised Code actually states that you can "Challenge the person is not affiliated or is not a member of the political party whose ballot the person desires to vote.
Party affiliation shall be determined by examining the elector's voting record for the current year and the preceding two calendar years using that as a standard of affiliation.”
It’s time to fix and clarify the existing law in Ohio. It’s time to either challenge the elector or change the law. We need party affiliation to be a conscious decision not a political decision. Let’s do what other states do like Pennsylvania and Kentucky. Registration for party affiliation or a change in party affiliation should be done in IN ADVANCE of primaries.
Jim Renacci said, “It is great to now say we are working together with so many state lawmakers and current Secretary of State, Frank LaRose to get some very important and meaningful legislation done. It will further secure our elections and end the tens of thousands of votes raided in Ohio every primary election cycle. Why? Because it’s the law.”
