Ohio Elections Board Deadlocked Over Congresswoman’s Residency Dispute

Rep.-elect Emilia Sykes, D-Ohio, joins other newly-elected members of the House of Representatives as they arrive at the Capitol for an orientation program in Washington, Nov. 14, 2022. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File

An Ohio elections board tied in a party-line vote on whether a challenge to Rep. Emilia Sykes’s (D-Ohio) voter registration requirements is valid—sending the matter now to the state’s secretary of state.

The vote followed a complaint filed with the Summit County Board of Elections in September by Republican activist Thomas Zawistowski.