If Ohio's the election 'gold standard,' why are lawmakers going for desperate, duplicative changes?
Since when did the Ohio General Assembly become an arm of the Vivek Ramaswamy campaign for governor? Just asking. After the obviously coordinated spectacle last week between the billionaire and Republican lawmakers on a newly drafted resolution, inquiring minds wonder whether banners of the Republican nominee for governor may soon drape the Ohio Statehouse.
In a truly audacious (or desperate) publicity stunt, Candidate Ramaswamy called on the legislature to speed a proposed constitutional amendment (that duplicates the state’s voter ID law) onto the November ballot.
The next day, both the Ohio House and Ohio Senate introduced identical resolutions to do just that — and fast-tracked the measures for passage by mid-June.
Why the mad rush to amend the Ohio Constitution with a voter ID provision — only three years after the GOP-controlled legislature passed the nation’s strictest photo identification requirements at the polls?
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/05/29/if-ohio-is-the-gold-standard-for-elections-why-are-lawmakers-going-for-desperate-duplicative-changes/