Secretary of State Frank LaRose said lawmakers should consider eliminating ballot drop boxes after a federal court ruled that Ohio law violates the rights of people with disabilities who need help voting absentee.

Advocates sued over a rule allowing only certain family members to return absentee ballots on behalf of relatives who are hospitalized or homebound because of an illness or disability. The list includes spouses, parents, siblings and grandparents, but not grandchildren or caretakers.

U.S. District Judge Bridget Meehan Brennan said the law runs afoul of the Voting Rights Act, which allows voters with disabilities to get assistance from anyone except their employer or union representative.

Read the full story here from reporter Haley BeMiller from the USA Today Network in the Akron Beacon Journal.