A bill is being considered in the US House of Representatives that will make our elections more secure and reduce barriers to voting. House Bill 1 will require states to use ballots that can be hand-counted and requires states to make their voting technology more secure.
If this bill is passed, all states must allow multiple days for in-person voting. Before I retired, I drove 50 miles to my job, so being able to vote the weekend before the official election day was important to me.
New rules for the disclosure of large campaign donations is also part of the bill. This is of great importance to Ohioans given that “dark money” was used to buy votes for the bailout of First Energy. We need to know who is trying to influence votes.
Please contact your member of the House of Representatives, which is Bob Latta if you live in Bowling Green, and tell him to support HB1. You can also contact Rob Portman and Sherrod Brown and encourage them to support this bill when it moves to the senate.
Debbie Dalke
Bowling Green
