Karen Kasler (Ohio Public Radio)

A controversial August special election about ballot measure rules is causing early headaches for local Ohio election officials.

The midterms are just weeks away. For some, the battle over the 2020 presidential race rages on. Conservative activists are asking for 2020 voting documents from officials in Ohio and elsewhere.

Ohio could be the first state in the nation to use a combination of two drugs that have never been used before to put an inmate to death. This execution cocktail is the latest chapter in what's become a troubled history of capital punishment in the state.