Ohio’s Signature-Matching Ballot Practices Targeted by Voters

Ohio’s practices for comparing signatures on submitted absentee ballots to the signatures on ballot applications are unconstitutional and shouldn’t be implemented in the upcoming election, the League of Women Voters said in a lawsuit filed Friday.

The state allows all registered voters to vote by mail, though a voter only receives his or her ballot after first mailing a signed application to local election officials. Voting by mail is expected to spike this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, as voters would rather stay home than risk spreading or catching the illness at the polls.

But each of Ohio’s 88 ...