Butler, Miami counties mailing own ballots after splitting with vendor

[RandySF]

Election officials in Butler and Miami counties say they are having no issues printing and mailing absentee ballots in-house since splitting last week with a Cleveland vendor that caused delayed deliveries of ballots in several Ohio counties.

In a video update posted to Facebook Monday night, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose said without naming the company that Midwest Direct is “all caught up," meaning everybody who has requested an absentee ballot has been mailed one. This comes after the vendor made headlines for delaying the mailing of hundreds of thousands of ballots across Ohio
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Midwest Direct cited equipment challenges and an “unparalleled volume” of ballot requests.
“Many of you have heard that there’s a vendor in Northeast Ohio that had failed to really meet expectations on getting absentee ballots out on time,” LaRose said. “It’s truly unfortunate and unacceptable that they over-promised and under-delivered.”

LaRose also said that nine of the 16 counties that contracted with Midwest Direct have decided to break with the vendor and begin processing ballots in-house. Those counties are Butler, Clinton, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Lucas, Mahoning, Miami and Williams. The counties still served by Midwest Direct are Cuyahoga, Lorain, Stark, Summit, Trumbull, Union and Wood.



https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/butler-and-miami-counties-mailing-own-ballots-after-splitting-with-vendor/OTB2H6UE5FBXPNODSNNXHFZRT4/

[cmeneer]

1. Reminds me of someone

Frank LaRose acts like he has no accountability for contracting with this Trump-loving Midwest Direct. Always someone else’s fault—just like his party’s leader. They’ll do anything to screw thinks up in Ohio. Idiots.