CLOSE Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose has been stressing the reliability of absentee voting. (Photo: [Adam Cairns/Dispatch]) A tsunami of Democrats seeking ballots through the mail in this pandemic-plagued presidential election year is upending the very dynamics of voting in Ohio. The impact of this ground-shaking change shows up in two major ways: • The outcome of the presidential race in the bellwether Buckeye State appears even more unpredictable than usual. • Ohio could be among the states where election fraud is alleged simply because the leader in the presidential vote could shift dramatically on election night and possibly shift back a week-and-a-half later. Before COVID-19 hit, more Ohio Republicans than Democrats voted by mail, generally speaking. Democrats favored voting early in person at their county elections board, or going to the polls Election Day. But in 2020, Democrats are far outdistancing GOP voters in requesting absentee ballots. For example, at…
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