Hearing For Bill To Change Laws On Early Voting, Drop Boxes Gets Contentious [View all]
A Republican-backed bill that would allow ballot dropboxes only at boards of elections for 10 days before the election and would shorten the window to request early ballots got its first hearing in a House committee.
Republicans in nearly all states have put forward election law changes after the 2020 vote. More votes were cast in Ohio in 2020 than ever before, and early voting numbers were historic too.
Reps. Bill Seitz (R-Cincinnati) and Sharon Ray (R-Medina) don’t dispute President Biden’s win and say Ohio, which went for former president Trump, had a fraud-free vote last year.
But the tension in the hearing on this new bill started early. After explaining his bill, Seitz noted Democrats, who are in the minority, have introduced their own proposals.
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