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Ohio "Holiness Camps" still attracting the faithful
FOX 19 Cincinnati Sat, 23 Aug 2008
MEDINA, Ohio (AP) - For more than 100 years, the faithful have converged on the 17 acres of woods at Sharon Center Holiness Camp in Medina County to rest and recharge their spiritual batteries through daily worship and Bible study. They are not alone.

Voting Machine Error
New York Times Thu, 21 Aug 2008
The maker of a touch-screen voting machine that was widely used in Ohio has acknowledged a programming error that resulted in about 1,000 votes being dropped briefly in the primary election in March.

Company acknowledges Ohio voting machine error
AP via Yahoo! News Thu, 21 Aug 2008
The maker of the most widely used touch-screen voting machine in Ohio has acknowledged the machines have a programming error that led to about 1,000 votes being dropped briefly in the March primary.

Voting machine glitch, phone books pile up and more: Ohio news roundup for Friday
The Plain Dealer Fri, 22 Aug 2008
COLUMBUS DISPATCH Voting machine glitch admitted Instructions being issued to avoid problems in election Phone books proliferate on doorsteps DAYTON DAILY NEWS Dayton-area Dem with Tubbs Jones on Tuesday Appeals Court: Ohio Dems violated election law TOLEDO BLADE Dana...

Ohio judge wins federal ruling over court display
Local 12 Cincinnati Sun, 17 Aug 2008
A federal judge has ruled for an Ohio judge who has fought since 2001 to hang the Ten Commandments in his courtroom.

Ohio Sues Over Trouble With Voting Machines
Washington Post Thu, 07 Aug 2008
The voting-machine wars in Ohio continue. Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner is assuring voters in the battleground state that November's tally will be accurate even as she asserts -- in court filings yesterday -- that there is a problem with the touch-screen machines to be used in half of the...

Ohio offers paper ballots for touch-screen voters
The Toledo Blade Fri, 25 Jul 2008
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio voters concerned about touch-screen electronic voting will have a paper ballot option in the November election, as they did in the March primary. The order came down Friday from Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, who says the eyes of the nation will be on Ohio in the election. Brunner ordered the 53 counties that have touch-screen electronic voting machines to ...

Court Orders Ohio to Include Libertarian Party on Ballot
New York Times Fri, 18 Jul 2008
Ohio must include the Libertarian Party's nominees on its ballot in November, a court has ruled, complicating Senator John McCain?s effort to win conservative votes in a hotly contested state rich in electoral votes.

Ohio plans first execution since moratorium
Washington Post Fri, 11 Jul 2008
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio is planning its first execution since a U.S. Supreme Court decision ended a national pause on killing inmates.

Ohio preps - reviews voting machine practices
USA Today Thu, 10 Jul 2008
Ohio's elections chief is reconsidering a plan to prohibit poll workers from taking voting machines home for safekeeping in the days before the November presidential election.

Ohio Veterans Hall Draws Flak Over Flag
19 Action News Cleveland Tue, 01 Jul 2008
Newtown Falls, OH - An Ohio veterans hall is drawing criticism from other veterans for flying its flag at half-staff every day, in honor of U.S. troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. At the VFW...

Ohio sex offender law
Moldova.org Tue, 01 Jul 2008
The owner of a Hustler adult book store in Cincinnati says she's challenging an Ohio law that could label such retailers as sex offenders.The woman, identified only as G.B. in a lawsuit filed U.S. District Court, claims Ohio's Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act is unconstitutional because of its provisions requiring people convicted of selling obscene materials to register as sex ...

Ohio Among Six States To Write Fix-It Plan For Schools
WLIO NBC Lima Tue, 01 Jul 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) - Ohio is among six states getting the OK to write their own plans to fix ailing schools under the Bush administration's signature education law.

Blasting Gas Prices
19 Action News Cleveland Tue, 01 Jul 2008
NORTH CANTON, Ohio (AP) - U.S. Sen. George Voinovich of Ohio calls it "insane" that America spent more than $327 billion to import oil last year and that about one fifth of the money went to Iran. The...

Ohio hires EDS to streamline its tax system
AP via Yahoo! FinanceMon, 30 Jun 2008
Electronic Data Systems Corp. said Monday it was awarded a $42.8 million contract by the Ohio Department of Taxation to modernize the state's tax and revenue system.

Groups sue over Ohio milk label rule on hormones
AP via Yahoo! Finance Mon, 30 Jun 2008
Two trade groups have filed lawsuits challenging a new Ohio rule on how labels inform consumers whether milk was made from cows that were given a synthetic hormone.

Libertarians say Ohio, Tenn. ballot law too strict
The Tennessean Mon, 30 Jun 2008
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Libertarian Party has filed lawsuits in Ohio and Tennessee against what it says are unconstitutionally restrictive ballot-access laws.

New bill would expand powers of Ohio inspector general
The Columbus Dispatch Fri, 23 May 2008
House Republicans will introduce a bill today to expand the power of Ohio's inspector general to investigate all statewide executive officeholders and eventually transfer the authority to appoint the inspector general from the governor to Ohio's chief justice.

Gov. Strickland establishes Ohio Dept. of Veterans Services
WTOL 11 Toledo Fri, 23 May 2008
"I am proud that Ohio will have a new department to ensure Ohio's veterans and their families have one central place to go to access the benefits they deserve," Strickland said.

'English-only' bill for Ohio: What do you think?
The Cincinnati Enquirer Fri, 23 May 2008
'English-only' bill for Ohio: What do you think?

Ohio House leader proposes watchdog for more state officials
FOX 19 Cincinnati Fri, 23 May 2008
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The leader of the Ohio House is proposing a significant shift in state government checks and balances, saying the state Inspector General should be given permanent power to probe the offices of attorney general, secretary of state, auditor and treasurer.

Ohio Right To Life Files Federal Lawsuit Against State Ban Of Ads Mentioning Political Candidates
Medical News Today Fri, 23 May 2008
Ohio Right to Life on Tuesday filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court seeking a permanent or temporary injunction against a state ban on issue advertisements that mention the names of political candidates within 30 days of an election that are sponsored by unions, not-for-profit organizations or corporations, the AP/Akron Beacon Journal reports.