An Ohio House committee advanced two controversial voting measures Monday, one to raise the threshold for constitutional amendments to 60% and the other for various election administration provisions.
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“There are folks here who are ready willing and able to testify about this bill,” Rep. Richard Brown, D-Canal Winchester argued. His measure heads for the House floor as a competing Senate measure advances as well. That proposal, backed by Sen. Theresa Gavarone, R-Bowling Green, would impose strict voter ID. Seitz insisted he doesn’t oppose such a provision, but left it out his bill because “they wanted pride of authorship.”
Seitz was also quick to head off criticism for the last-minute change reducing the number of drop boxes allowed per county from three to one.
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