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Committee adopts substitute for bill creating front‑end citizenship checks for voter rolls
Summary
The Senate General Government Committee adopted a substitute to Senate Bill 153 that narrows acceptable proof of citizenship, requires the Secretary of State to consult BMV and SAVE databases, delays implementation 18 months, and changes referral of suspected noncitizen registrants to an election integrity unit.
The Senate General Government Committee adopted a substitute to Senate Bill 153, which creates a front‑end citizenship verification process for voter registrations and changes several voter‑roll maintenance procedures.
Vice Chair Gavarone moved to adopt the substitute and explained the changes, saying the substitute aligns allowable proof of citizenship with Bureau of Motor Vehicles documents, disallows expired Ohio driver’s licenses or IDs and certain out‑of‑state IDs, and permits an applicant whose replacement…
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