The purpose of our election coverage is to provide readers with the up-to-date reporting they need to make informed decisions on election day.
The USA TODAY Network Ohio bureau provides election and state government coverage for 21 daily news outlets across Ohio including the Columbus Dispatch, Cincinnati Enquirer, Akron Beacon Journal, and Canton Repository.
Our reporters take calls from campaigns and pundits, but it's our conversations with Ohio voters and our readers that determine what's in the public interest to report. We don't merely repeat what candidates say, but focus on their record by providing readers with historical, political and legal context surrounding the issues.to maintain independence from campaigns and candidates, seek the truth and report fairly.
Finally, you will see opinion pieces in our pages and on the web. Those are from our opinion team, which is independent from the Ohio bureau and operates separately.Baseless claims of election fraud threatened to undermine election results in 2020 and have since continuously eroded the public's confidence in how state officials administer elections.