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Ohio Elections Commission warns moving enforcement to counties could fragment campaign‑finance enforcement
Summary
Executive Director Phil Richter told the Senate committee that a House proposal to shift Elections Commission responsibilities to county boards and the Secretary of State risks inconsistent enforcement across Ohio and that the commission could be left unfunded for six months under the current budget language.
The Ohio Elections Commission urged the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee to preserve a central, independent enforcement body for campaign‑finance matters and warned that a House proposal shifting authority to county boards and the secretary of state could produce a patchwork of enforcement and added costs.
"Instead of one statewide decision‑making body, there could be 89 separate applications of Ohio’s campaign finance laws," Phil Richter, executive director of the Ohio Elections Commission, told senators. Richter said the current statutory structure provides a bipartisan, nonpartisan panel to hear complaints and issue…
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