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Be straight with voters

Though an election law expert says Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose technically did not break the law, a letter LaRose sent out recently has some Buckeye State voters confused.

“This letter could be seen as, ‘That sort of looks sketchy,’ and maybe it’s an unfair advantage here, but isn’t really illegal,” Atiba Ellis, a professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, told the Ohio Capital Journal.

Perhaps LaRose’s campaign should steer a little further away from “isn’t really illegal.”

The letter in question included a return address that said “Secretary of State Frank LaRose,” and under that, “DO NOT DISCARD OR DESTROY.”

It also included “REGISTERED DOCUMENT ENCLOSED.” One voter told the Capital Journal he was worried the letter had something to do with his voter registration. Instead he found inside a voter poll and request for money for LaRose’s campaign.

To any thinking Ohioan, LaRose is campaigning out of his office. But according to the letter of the law, what he did is legal. He should know better.

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