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Ohio Republicans Score Major Win For Election Integrity With New Voter ID Law
The Federalist ^ | January 9, 2023 | Shawn Fleetwood

Posted on 01/11/2023 6:45:30 AM PST by Twotone

Ohio GOP Gov. Mike DeWine signed legislation on Friday that aims to enhance the integrity of state elections by strengthening existing voter ID requirements.

Passed by the Republican-controlled House and Senate last month, the bill (HB 458) provides specifications about what constitutes an acceptable form of identification voters must show when casting their ballot in person. Under the new law, Ohioans will be required to provide an unexpired “Ohio driver’s license, state identification card, or interim identification form issued by the registrar of motor vehicles or a deputy registrar,” a U.S. military ID card, or a U.S. passport or passport card, in order to vote.

Previously, Ohio election law only required voters to show a U.S. government-issued ID that included the name, address, and photo of the individual casting his or her ballot.

Other changes include mandates for county boards of elections to “prepare an election administration plan,” which is to be given to the secretary of state no later than 75 days before a presidential primary and 120 days prior to a general election “held in an even-numbered year.” As noted in the bill, county boards are to incorporate information pertaining to “[p]recinct election official recruitment, training, and accountability,” “[v]oter registration,” and “[a]bsent voting,” among other factors related to election administration.

Furthermore, county boards will also be required before elections to “[c]onduct systematic logic and accuracy testing of every component of every voting machine, marking device, or piece of automatic tabulating equipment with every ballot style to be used.” According to the measure, this is to ensure “the ballots are accurate and that the machines, devices, and equipment will accurately record, mark, or count the votes cast” on Election Day.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: elections; mikedewine; ohio; voterid

1 posted on 01/11/2023 6:45:30 AM PST by Twotone
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To: Twotone

A Soros judge issues injunction against it in 5, 4, 3,...


2 posted on 01/11/2023 6:47:08 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████. FJB.)
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To: Twotone

I'd like to know more about the protections involving the "absent voting".

3 posted on 01/11/2023 6:47:26 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: Twotone
It seems ridiculous to NOT demand voter ID - Third World countries demand it, Mexico has a tamper-proof card - yet Democrats will fight tooth and nail to make sure no proof of ID is needed to vote in an American election.

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4 posted on 01/11/2023 6:54:17 AM PST by Bon of Babble (Rigged Elections have Consequences)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
A Soros judge issues injunction against it in 5, 4, 3,...

No, they will do what they did in PA. Wait until just before the next important election, and THEN get the Soros judge to issue an injunction.

5 posted on 01/11/2023 6:56:10 AM PST by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: Twotone

what printing company does ohio use to print their ballots?


6 posted on 01/11/2023 7:14:35 AM PST by thinden (buckle up ....)
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To: Twotone

Way to go.

Now on to CA, NY, IL, CO, OR, WA, PA, GA, AZ, NM, . . .


7 posted on 01/11/2023 7:19:38 AM PST by MCSETots
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To: Twotone

time to start putting thumb print on official documents. when i applied for a particular professional license, it required photo and thumbprint.


8 posted on 01/11/2023 7:39:00 AM PST by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Twotone

NOW-—OHIO needs to make all voters re-register with this ID.


9 posted on 01/11/2023 8:09:08 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: Twotone

Now vote to flush all of the voter rolls! Start from scratch.


10 posted on 01/11/2023 8:20:26 AM PST by Salvavida (“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.”)
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To: Twotone

“Yes but they’ll still cheat!” Right, Surrender Monkeys?


11 posted on 01/11/2023 8:20:38 AM PST by jmaroneps37 (Freedom is never free. It must be won rewon and jealously guarded.)
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12 posted on 01/11/2023 8:39:25 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Twotone

What does a Driver’s license prove? Nothing related to voting eligibility.


13 posted on 01/11/2023 9:10:25 AM PST by Churchillspirit (Pray for President Trump)
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To: Twotone

And does it include penalties for failure to do these things? Does it include penalties for barring or interfering with observers?


14 posted on 01/11/2023 1:45:41 PM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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