Ohio Senate considers voter-ID provision

[Thom Little]

Every Ohio voter would have to present identification at the polls on Election Day under sweeping election-law revisions debuting in the Ohio Senate today.

The voter-ID requirement is among several significant changes Senate Republicans propose to H.B. 3, which has already cleared the GOP-led Ohio House. The legislature is responding to issues that arose in the 2004 presidential election.

Sen. Kevin Coughlin, the Cuyahoga Falls Republican sponsor, said the bill contains reasonable new rules that will assure accuracy and integrity in Ohio elections.

"I think that we've gotten into a world where those who would commit fraud have gotten a lot more sophisticated, and simply requiring that a signature sort of match is really an inadequate way to ensure ballot security," he said.


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[merwin]

1. "Simply requiring that a photo-id match is not enough. Retinal scans!"

[mbperrin]

2. Nah, too easy to switch eyeballs..need full-blown DNA instant

testing! LOL

[OneBlueSky]

3. just a straw man issue to deflect from the REAL problems . . .

with Ohio elections, i.e. they're easy to rig, have been rigged in recent elections, and will continue to be rigged in coming elections . . . Democrats might just as well write off Ohio in 2008 . . .