Local senator proposes bill to ban ballot drop boxes

Nov. 1—Sen. Niraj Antani, R-Miamisburg, proposed a bill Wednesday that would ban the use of ballot boxes at boards of election throughout the state. Drop boxes were formally legalized in Ohio in a 2022 election reform law that, among other things, regulated that there could only be one drop box per county that must be under 24/7 surveillance. However, Ohio's use of drop boxes goes back further …