Ohio counties race to switch to electronic voting shows tight timelines
Ohio lawmakers approved federal funds to replace punch card ballots with new machines, but 31 counties including Lorain Medina and Portage warn they lack time to install and retrofit. Officials stress comfort and auditing needs as Hardin plans to switch for November while others await decisions.
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Columbus
Alice Nicolia
Fairfield County Board of Elections
Lorain
Medina
Portage
Election Board
House
Jeff Wilkinson
Richland County
David Kennedy
Kenneth Blackwell
Kennedy
Rat Becomes Symbol of Rerun Strike at SBS Transit
Lorain transportation workers enter third week of walkout in front of SBS Transit Inc on state Route 611. AFL CIO supporters include Local 33 as they protest proposed cuts to medical vacation and holiday benefits for about one fifth of the workforce. SBS President Ken Van Wagnen counters that a federal mediator has pushed a closer proposal from Local 790, while some drivers cross the picket line.
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Lorain — Transportation
SBS Transit Inc
Aflcio
Joe Thayer
International Association of Sheet Metal Workers Local 33
SBS
Ken van Wagnen
van Wagnen
Ohio Association of Public Service Employees Local 790
Lorain
Murray Ridge
Thayer
Darlene Boyce
Joey Crum
Elyria Writer Eric Anderson earns regional spotlight
Elyria resident Eric Anderson has been selected as one of 25 Northeastern Ohio writers to have work performed at the Writers & Their Friends Literary Showcase. Anderson, a CSU student and editor of Whiskey Island Magazine, has published poems and is drafting a novella set in Elyria and Cascade Park.
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Elyria
Eric Anderson
Anderson
Ohio
Writers & Their Friends
Nancy Donnelly
Elyria High School
Lorain County Community College
Cleveland State University
Cleveland State
Cascade Park
Cleveland Play House
Bolton Theatre
Poets’ & Writers’ League of Greater Cleveland
Katie Daley
David Hassler
Bruce Weigl
Maureen McHugh
Sheila Schwartz
Lou Suarez
Dan Chaon
Sarah Willis
Prairie Schooner
Epoch
Seneca Review
Sentence
Whiskey Island
North Ridgeville set for trio of levies this November
North Ridgeville City Council approves a 2 mill streets renewal and a 1.9 mill police replacement levy for November. The plan also includes a library levy and a school levy in August to avert funding reductions. Estimated homeowner cost for the police levy is about 36 dollars more annually.
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North Ridgeville
Dave Gillock
Police Department
Lorain
Andy Young
Young
Gillock
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