Changes to Ohio Voter ID Law Will Impact August 8 Election. Here’s How

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that asks voters to make it harder to amend the Ohio Constitution by raising the threshold to 60%.

Under the changes, voters can no longer use a Social Security card, birth certificate, insurance card, utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck or other government document, according to the Secretary of State. Even a “registration acknowledgment notice” from the county board of elections is no longer acceptable, according to the new rules.

“Ballots now must be requested a full week before Election Day – the previous Tuesday by 5 p.m. – as opposed to the previous Saturday by noon ,” according to information sent out by the ACLU’s Ohio chapter.

 

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