Pattern of Repeated Retaliation Against Ohio Citizens

Recent activity relating to this issue:

Seneca County Election Workers Demoted over Petition Support

Several election workers in Seneca County were demoted from their roles as Voting Location Managers after publicly supporting a petition to replace voting machines with hand-counted paper ballots. In August 2025, the Board of Elections initially barred anyone involved in the petition from serving in leadership roles at polling places.

The move sparked public backlash, with residents and candidates arguing the decision violated First Amendment rights. Following a packed public meeting and growing pressure, at a September 2025 meeting, the Board of Elections reversed its decision and reinstated the affected workers.

Seneca County citizens aren't the only ones being retaliated against for speaking out about Ohio's fools gold elections systems:

Citizen Removed as Precinct Election Official in Wood County Nov 5, 2024

An experienced poll worker was removed from the Nov 2024 election due to filing lawful voter challenges with the BOE and sharing the results locally.  The BOE gave no legitimate reason why that disqualified the citizen  from serving as a poll worker. The citizen volunteered instead as a poll observer through a political party and reported a hostile environment. Though told by the BOE that the citizen is on the poll worker list for the Nov 2025 election, an assigned poll location has not been scheduled.  

Citizen Removed as Precinct Election Official in Fairfield County Nov 5, 2024  

A citizen was scheduled to work the polls Nov 5, 2024 as a Precinct Election Official (PEO) as in previous elections. The citizen questioned the lack of training regarding checking photo IDs for noncitizen designation according to a new SOS directive. Apparently, the BOE did not like the questioning, and without notice or due process, removed the citizen from working the polls Nov 5, 2024.  

Citizen Removed as Precinct Election Official in Knox County Nov 5, 2024

 A citizen scheduled to work as a Precinct Election Official (PEO) on Nov 5, 2024, raised concerns with the SOS about voting machines connecting to the internet and the BOE instructing PEOs not to check photo IDs for citizenship status - despite a SOS Directive. The citizen was accused of making a statement to the SOS that the citizen says did not happen. Without notice or due process, the citizen was removed from the PEO position Nov 5, 2024. The citizen was later reinstated for the May 2024 election, but the original accusation remains unresolved, and the citizen’s name has not been cleared.

Citizen Removed as Early Voting Observer in Muskingum County Oct 28, 2024

An individual was scheduled to serve as an Early Voting Observer for the Ohio Republican Party at the Muskingum County BOE on Oct. 28, 2024. She was later informed she could not serve in that role due to her membership in an organization allegedly involved in litigation against the BOE—yet the organization in question was not actually litigating against her BOE. Ironically, she was still welcome to observe at the polls on Nov 5 for the same BOE.

. . . and there are more. Stay tuned.