HartmanCosco Government Relations

More People With Felony Convictions Can Vote, but Roadblocks Remain

Brian Skinner September 8, 2020 Elections, Government & Policy, Voting

PEW STATELINE – By Lindsey Van Ness – August 31, 2020 More than ever, Eric Harris is mindful of the elected officials around him: The school board members deciding whether his children will go back to the classroom, the sheriff influencing how officers interact with people like him, and the U.S. president steering the country’s coronavirus response. …Read More

Likely Delays in Counting Absentee Ballots Could Result in Chaos

Brian Skinner August 28, 2020 Absentee Ballots, Elections, West Virginia

By Brian Skinner, Esq. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it is very likely that West Virginia will see a marked increase in the use of absentee voting compared to prior elections. As of August 25, already more than 22,300 of West Virginia’s registered voters have requested an absentee ballot to participate in the …Read More

Analysis: Are Ohio Democrats Right About Ballot Drop Boxes

Brian Skinner August 27, 2020 Elections, Mail-in Ballots

By Brian Skinner, Esq. This week Ohio Democrats sued Secretary of State Frank LaRose, a Republican, over his refusal to provide more ballot drop boxes for absentee voters. LaRose recently decided that each of Ohio’s 88 counties will get only one drop box to collect absentee ballots in the 2020 general election. LaRose asserts that …Read More

Voting by Mail in Ohio and West Virginia

Brian Skinner August 21, 2020 Elections, Vote by Mail

By Brian Skinner, Esq. In July of this year, Democracy Docket published a report that includes a state-by-state assessment of voters’ ability to vote by mail in the 2020 General Election. As the report notes, the U.S. Constitution makes the 50 states primarily responsible for regulating elections. Consequently, voters across the country face a patchwork of …Read More