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Catching Our Eye
• Ohio Republican lawmakers want to attack Ohio voter power again. The Statehouse News Bureau’s Karen Kasler reports, “There may be another effort to make it harder for Ohio residents to change the state’s constitution, according to a Republican senate leader.”
There may be another effort to make it harder for Ohio residents to change the state’s constitution, according to a Republican senate leader. This comes as volunteer groups are rushing to gather 413,487 valid signatures by July 1 to get amendments to abolish property taxes and to ban large data centers onto this fall’s ballot.
• Only 25? WVXU’s Howard Wilkinson writes, “Analysis: Ramaswamy throws $25M of his own money into the Ohio governor race.”
Amy Acton, the Democratic candidate for Ohio governor, raised $5.2 million in the first quarter of this year, bringing her total to $10 million. A record showing for a Democratic candidate for governor in Ohio. No Democrat has ever raised more.
But to the biotech billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy, her Republican opponent, that’s chump change, the kind of money you find between the cushions of a couch. Ramaswamy — who moved his business interests from Ohio to Texas just before announcing his candidacy — just unloaded $25 million of his own money as a loan to his campaign.
• Drop boxes. The Youngstown Vindicator/Tribune Chronicle’s David Skolnick reports, “Sprague takes aim at election drop boxes.”
Ohio Treasurer Robert Sprague, who is running in the Republican primary for secretary of state, said he wants to eliminate drop boxes and limit those who can vote absentee.
• Front row. The Columbus Dispatch’s Amani Bayo reports, “DeWines seated front row as Trump welcomes King Charles at White House.”
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and first lady Fran DeWine were seated in the front row on the South Lawn of the White House on April 28 as Donald Trump welcomed King Charles III and Queen Camilla during their U.S. visit.
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