Friend,

Did you hear about the anti-voter legislation that statehouse Republicans are proposing? This voter suppression bill in the Ohio Statehouse is so draconian that the Georgia law looks mild in comparison.

The circulated proposal would make it harder for Ohioans to vote by:

Eliminating a day of early voting on the Monday before Election Day,
Cutting off Ohioans’ ability to request an absentee ballot 10 days out from an election, removing a week that Ohioans were previously able to request an absentee ballot,
Requiring two forms of ID for online absentee ballot requests,
Prohibiting anyone but the Secretary of State from providing prepaid postage for absentee ballot request returns and providing no funding for the Secretary to be able to do so,
Codifying Frank LaRose’s nonsensical limit of one dropbox location per county that can only be used incases of emergency, but making a confusing exception to the rule 10 days out from an election, and
Forcing Ohioans to opt-in to ‘automated’ voter registration through the BMV, meaning voter registration isn’t automated at all.

This proposal creates an obstacle course for Ohioans to navigate, making it harder to exercise their right to vote. We should be removing barriers to the voting booth, not creating new ones.

It has never been more important to elect more Democrats to state legislatures. Will you pitch in $10, $25, $50, or whatever you can to help us get more Democrats elected to the Ohio State Senate?

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In solidarity,

Nickie J. Antonio
Ohio Senate Democrats, Assistant Leader
State Senator, District 23