Voting Laws

House Bill 458, which sets strict voter ID requirements, is now the law of the land in Ohio, beginning with the May primary. It's going to take a lot of public education to make sure Ohioans know the new rules before they go to the polls.

Ohio's restrictive new election law significantly shortens the window for mailed ballots to be received — despite no evidence that the extended timeline has led to fraud or any other problems — and that change is angering active-duty members of the military and their families because of its potential to disenfranchise them.

Gov. Mike DeWine signed the two bills on Friday, which are the last of a batch of more than 40 that came to him from the lame duck legislative session last month.

The Ohio House and Ohio Senate are holding hearings on several election-related measures in the coming days.

With the Thanksgiving break over, a busy lame-duck session continues at the Statehouse this week, with lawmakers set to consider several bills in Ohio House and Senate committees.

A collection of voter rights and community organizations is calling on lawmakers to reject certain provisions of bills that would change Ohio’s elections laws.

A bill to make changes in voting laws in Ohio is considered likely to be a priority for lawmakers in the Republican supermajority, and there could be a new element added in.

The battlegrounds of Michigan and Nevada are among the states where voters this fall are set to decide ballot measures relating to the elections process.

Republican lawmakers said the constitutional change to keep non-citizens from voting is needed while Democrats call it a ploy to drive GOP turnout.

If lawmakers approve the amendment, it could go before voters this fall and would likely boost Republican turnout.