The move comes as Republicans attempt to keep the May 3 date intact with congressional and legislative maps hanging in the balance.
. Delays in the state's contentious redistricting process have come up against deadlines that election officials must meet to hold the primary.
The Ohio Supreme Court will soon decide whether a third set of House and Senate maps and second congressional map pass constitutional muster. With those hanging in the balance, Democrats have argued that lawmakers should postpone the primary."The mission right now is to pass constitutional, fair maps, and to give every Ohioan – and of course our service men and women – the ability to speak through their vote," said state Rep. Casey Weinstein, D-Hudson, a U.S. Air Force veteran.
Lawmakers and election officials have been contending with overseas ballots since the U.S. Department of Defense to delay sending them to voters. The department argued Secretary of State Frank LaRose didn't have a plan that guaranteed them enough time to return their ballots. "This became some sort of a strange proxy for, do we move the May 3 election or not?" LaRose said."That's not what was on the floor today. I get that there's a lot of different opinions about that. I'll tell you what the law says right now, and that is that I'm required by law to conduct an election on May 3."
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