Introduction
Provisional ballots are meant to be a failsafe for voters, who are required to cast them when their eligibility is in question. But such ballots require extra steps to ensure they’re counted, increasing the odds they ultimately won’t be.
In Ohio, provisional ballot use is among the highest in the nation, according to data tracked by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, and a new report finds trends there moving in the wrong direction.
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A slightly increased percentage of in-person voters in Ohio cast provisional ballots in 2020 compared to 2016, the report found. Counties with a higher percentage of Black and brown residents and young voters had elevated provisional ballot use, a finding in keeping with national trends, while it was lower in counties with higher median incomes.
Biden announces 2nd round of diverse federal judiciary picks
Colleen Long
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President Joe Biden speaks about COVID-19, on the North Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, April 27, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden announced on Thursday another diverse group of candidates for his second round of judicial nominations, a day after some in his first slate of picks went before a Senate committee.
The second round is three nominees: a woman who would be the first Asian American appointed as a federal judge to the Western District of Washington, a Latino who is currently the presiding judge of the Grant County Superior Court in Ephrata, Washington, and a woman who is a longtime labor and employment litigation attorney in New Jersey.
WASHINGTON
President Biden on Thursday announced another diverse group of candidates for his second batch of judicial nominations, a day after some in his first slate appeared before a Senate committee.
The new batch consists of three nominees: a woman who would be the first Asian American appointed as a federal judge to the Western District of Washington; a Latino who is currently the presiding judge of the Grant County Superior Court in Ephrata, Wash.; and a woman who is a longtime labor and employment litigation attorney in New Jersey.
Democrats, who narrowly control the Senate for the first time in eight years, are eager to turn the page from the Trump administration, especially when it comes to judges. More than one-quarter of the federal judiciary is made up of former President Trump’s appointees. Most notably, Biden’s Republican predecessor named three conservative justices to the Supreme Court.