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BREAKING: Franklin County Court rules in our favor, requiring that absentee ballot applications sent electronically MUST BE ACCEPTED: “In reviewing the plain language of the statute, absentee ballot applications must be in writing and need not be in any particular form....”
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“.... The statute does not address in what form the boards of elections are to receive absentee ballot applications. The statute only requires that the applications be made in writing. The Court finds that only allowing for absentee ballot applications...”
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“... to be submitted in person or by mail is a policy position implemented by the Secretary of State. Nowhere in R.C. 3509.03 does it prohibit qualified electors to submit their absentee ballot applications by email or fax and states that applications....”
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“.... need not be in “any particular form.”... Therefore, the Court hereby enjoins the enforcement of the Secretary of State’s policy of mandating that eligible voters must submit their absentee ballot application by mail or in person....”
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“.... This allows eligible voters to submit their absentee ballot application by electronic mail or facsimile machine, as nothing in R.C. 3509.03 prevents the use of electronic transmission.”
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