The latest news on this front comes from an article at Dayton Daily News by Laura A. Bischoff:
Secretary of State Frank LaRose on Wednesday pledged to study how to switch Ohio to automatic voter registration, similar to systems used in more than a dozen states. Anytime citizens interact with state government — paying taxes, getting a fishing license, renewing a driver license or other transaction — they’d be automatically registered to vote unless they say they want to opt out.
LaRose is teaming up with Republican state Sen. Nathan Manning of North Ridgeville and Democrat state Rep. Bride Rose Sweeney of Cleveland to develop legislation to establish the new system. LaRose did not commit to accomplishing it before the 2020 presidential election is in full swing.
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