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Hello Friend,
The voter suppression bill (HB 294) is being heard in committee TODAY. This bill is yet another attack on our fundamental freedom to vote. Republicans are bringing the same attacks to Ohio that we’ve already seen in Georgia and other states.
A democracy that works for us must include every single one of us. This voter suppression bill makes voting LESS accessible. Like other anti-voter bills across America, this bill restricts mail voting and drop box locations and availability, creates new ID requirements, and eliminates a day of early voting.
This bill would change the cutoff for applying for a mail ballot from 3 days before the Election to 10. But in 2020, about 450,000 ballots were requested in the seven days this anti-voter bill would eliminate and 90% were successfully returned and counted.
It’s no coincidence that Republicans across the country are scrambling to restrict access to the ballot after black, brown, and young voters turned out in unprecedented numbers in 2020. Any bill that includes restrictions on our right to vote does not belong in our state.
