A week after the FBI searched an Ohio voting-rights group, questions remain

By: Marty Schladen

Outlets: Ohio Capital Journal

Published: June 18, 2026

Words: 796

Last Updated: 1 month ago


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FBI agents last week conducted a statewide sweep targeting the Ohio Organizing Collaborative, a group that promotes voting rights — particularly those of historically disenfranchised groups.

Condemnations by other rights groups of the searches and seizures continue to flood in. They accuse the Trump administration of trying to suppress voter-registration efforts.

Federal law-enforcement hasn’t given any on-the-record explanation of its actions or produced any legal documents justifying them.

The Ohio Organizing Collaborative has …

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