Daily Docket — Tuesday, June 6

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose (R) said the quiet part out loud and told supporters that the Legislature’s effort to make it harder for voters to amend the state constitution is "100% about keeping a radical pro-abortion amendment out of [Ohio's] constitution." 

Democracy Docket contributor and Ohio-based voting rights activist Katy Shanahan wrote about the Buckeye State’s latest attack on democracy and how it intersects with abortion rights.

Here are some legislative updates from today and yesterday.

• The Connecticut Legislature passed a state budget that includes the Connecticut Voting Rights Act. The bill heads to Gov. Ned Lamont (D) for his signature.

• The New York Senate passed a bill that would require the state to join a voter data maintenance organization, such as ERIC, by July 2025. The bill now heads to the New York Assembly. The move stands in contrast to a wave of Republican-led states that have left ERIC due to election conspiracies.

Here’s what to expect coming up.

• Tomorrow, the House Committee on Administration and Oversight will hold a hearing on Washington, D.C.'s election practices. The hearing comes before the expected introduction of a GOP bill that would force the nation’s capital to implement restrictive voting procedures and roll back ballot access.

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