New Ohio ballot directive may impact how you cast your vote in November [Video]

CINCINNATI — Ohioans would be required to provide documents proving they are U.S. citizens when they sign up to vote using state voter registration forms, a practice that is not permitted by current Ohio law, under a proposal made by Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose.

If the legislature agrees, that would mean Ohioans would have to produce a birth certificate, passport, certificate of citizenship or naturalization or some other acceptable evidence of being a citizen before they could register to vote using state forms.

LaRose also called for the legislature to ban ballot drop boxes, according to an Aug. 29 letter LaRose sent Ohio Senate President Matt Huffman, R-Lima, and House Speaker Jason Stephens, R-Kitts Hill, asking them to consider legislation he proposes on proof of citizenship, ballot boxes and provisional voting.

“To ensure the ongoing integrity of Ohio’s elections, I suggest urgent legislative attention to each of them,” …