NEWS FLASH

Ohio GOP Blindsides State Senate With Radical Voter ID Provision In Election Reform Bill | Ohio Senate Republicans slipped a radical voter ID provision into an election reform bill today that would disenfranchise low-income, senior, and student voters. Mirroring a state House bill that passed over the objections of the League of Women Voters and AARP Ohio, the provision requires voters to show one of four forms of ID (not including a student ID) and will be voted on in committee at the end of the day. Even the Republican Secretary of State Jon Husted indicated “he would prefer the photo ID provision not be included in the election reform package.” State Sen. Keith Faber (R), however, dismissed him outright: “Last time I checked, Secretary Husted is not a member of the General Assembly.”