Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose announced a data sharing agreement with the Trump administration to access federal data for voter roll maintenance.
Ohio will soon be able to check thousands of voters' citizenship records with "unprecedented access" to a federal records database.
Senate Bill 293, which would eliminate the four-day grace period for mail-in votes, has Democrats and voting rights groups up in arms.
Ohio pushes election integrity by striking a deal with the federal government that Secretary of State Frank LaRose has called "historic."
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose says an agreement with the federal government that gives the state access to a federal database on immigration status is a victory for ensuring that only citizens vote.
Secretary of State Frank LaRose says a new deal with the federal government will give Ohio long-term access to verify voter citizenship through DHS data.
The bill would end Ohio’s absentee ballot grace period and add new voter registration reviews. Lawmakers Josh Williams and Theresa Gavarone supported the measure.
The bill, Ohio Senate Bill 293, eliminates a grace period for absentee ballots post-marked by Election Day to arrive by mail, which GOP lawmakers have been whittling away in recent years.