Ohio Secretary of State: May 3 Primary Ballot Should Not Include Congressional Races – By Jacob Bliss (Breitbart) / March 18, 2022
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose in a letter Thursday advised that the May 3 primary election should not include congressional maps on the ballots, citing the decision by the Ohio Supreme court to reject maps, sending the Ohio Redistricting Commission back to the drawing board for the fourth time.
“As a result of last night’s decision by the Ohio Supreme court, and barring the immediate action of a federal court, our 88 county boards of elections can no longer include contests for the state House and state Senate in the May 3, 2022 primary,” LaRose wrote in the letter Thursday night addressed to Republican Gov. Mike DeWine and the state’s legislature, the Columbus Dispatch reported.
Blaming the disarray on the Biden administration for delaying U.S. Census data needed for map making, he said election officials would still proceed with plans for the May 3 primary that would include statewide, local, and congressional races unless they are instructed otherwise.
