Reply #9: Ohio- GOP bill changes how we vote [View All]

Posted on Mon, Dec. 12, 2005


GOP bill changes how we vote

Ohioans would have to show ID at polls. Critics say it will suppress turnout

By Dennis J. Willard and Doug Oplinger

Beacon Journal staff writers


COLUMBUS - For years, voters in Ohio arrived at their polling place on Election Day, signed their names into a book and waited for a poll worker to verify the signatures. Then they received the green light to cast their ballots.

Next year, that could change.

On Tuesday, the Ohio Senate is expected to approve a bill that would require showing photo identification, like a driver's license, to vote. The House is expected to concur and send the proposal to Gov. Bob Taft for his signature by the end of the week.

No photo ID? No problem, say the bill's backers, like state Sen. Kevin Coughlin, R-Cuyahoga Falls.
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