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This week on "The State of Ohio": State lawmakers consider what they can do in the wake of the horrible and yet miraculous escape story out of Cleveland involving three women held prisoner in a house for a decade. New data shows more than half of all violent crimes are committed by a very small numbers of offenders. Lawmakers are now working to target that tiny group. And more thoughts on legislation that would dramatically change rules on unions in Ohio.
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| Ohio Voting Procedures May Change. |
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By Jo Ingles - April 24, 2002 |
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There's a bill that's just been introduced in the Ohio legislature that would make changes in the way the state's elections are conducted. Secretary of State Ken Blackwell is backing the plan to define more clearly what over votes and blank ballots are. And as he tells Statehouse correspondent Jo Ingles, this plan does something else. |
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Jo Ingles reports (2:37) 
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| Blackwell says the US senate has passed a plan to provide money for states to purchase new computerized voting machines. He thinks that money could be available to counties in Ohio after the first of next year. He says the feds would pay 90% of the cost for the new machines. |
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