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Republican lawmakers said the constitutional change to keep non-citizens from voting is needed while Democrats call it a ploy to drive GOP turnout.
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If lawmakers approve the amendment, it could go before voters this fall and would likely boost Republican turnout.
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The bill would offer free, state-issued IDs to anyone over 17. However, it would also no longer allow voters to use other proof of identity they can use now, such as paycheck stubs or utility bills.
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Seems like the Republican majority in the Ohio House trying to pull off an elaborate bait-and-switch game.
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A second bill to overhaul Ohio’s election system has been proposed by some Republican state lawmakers, and this one is stricter than one introduced a few months ago that was deemed controversial by voting rights advocates.
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Ohio’s House Minority Leader said Republican state lawmakers are taking a page from a national playbook as they try to reform voting.
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Democrats and groups representing voters have been critical of two changes in election laws that are in the new state budget. Now, there’s a bill that would repeal those measures.
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West Virginia’s Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin said he would vote against his own party and its sweeping voting rights bill called the For the People Act. We discuss what that means for Democrat’s ambitious legislative agenda and more with political journalist Ken Rudin.
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West Virginia’s Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin said he would vote against his own party and its sweeping voting rights bill called the For the People Act. We discuss what that means for Democrat’s ambitious legislative agenda and more with political journalist Ken Rudin.
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A Republican-backed bill that would allow ballot dropboxes only at boards of elections for 10 days before the election and would shorten the window to request early ballots had its first hearing in a House committee.