Viewers and readers reached out with concerns that some electronic ballots can cause you to accidentally skip Issue 1 on the Ohio ballot. I looked into it — and don’t worry, election officials showed me that can’t happen.
Issue 1 is the proposed constitutional amendment that would remove politicians from the redistricting process . I explain more further in the story.
I spent the day at the Lorain County Board of Elections, where we walked through the electronic process. When you are using their electronic ballot, you will scroll through and tap all your options. When you get to Issue 1, you see the full screen and a “Yes” and “No” at the bottom.
But there is an option to make the text bigger. When you make it larger, the amendment will require multiple taps to continue reading. Still, at the bottom of each different tap — you will still see a “Yes” and “No” at the bottom. There is no way to “view more text” without seeing the voting option.
Morgan Trau Board Director Paul Adams explained that there are also safeguards.