State elections chief demands DNC stop using Ohio to justify virtual meeting to coronate Harris

Ohio's top election official is demanding that Democrats stop using his state as an excuse to justify their expedited nomination of Vice President Kamala Harris for president at a virtual meeting next month.

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose sent a letter to DNC Chairman Jamie Harris on Thursday calling out party officials for deceptively claiming the Buckeye State's ballot access deadline requires them to nominate a presidential candidate before the party convention in Chicago on Aug.