Uphold DeWine's Veto of HB 472 — Protect Mail-In Voting Access

Governor DeWine's veto puts the override decision squarely in the legislature's hands — and a vote to override is a vote to add new barriers for legitimate Ohio voters.

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Subject Please uphold Governor DeWine's veto of House Bill 472

Mail-in voting gives working parents, seniors, people with disabilities, and rural Ohioans a real way to participate in our democracy. When Governor DeWine — a Republican — vetoed House Bill 472, he was direct about why: this law wouldn't stop a single fraudulent vote, but it would absolutely stop eligible Ohioans from having their votes count. Tracking down a photocopier or scanner before a ballot deadline isn't a small inconvenience for everyone. For an elderly voter in a nursing home, a shift worker without a flexible schedule, or someone in a rural county with limited services, it's a barrier that ends their participation entirely.

The General Assembly has the votes to override this veto, and I'm asking you not to do it. There is no documented mail-in voter fraud problem in Ohio that justifies putting up new obstacles for hundreds of thousands of legitimate voters. We should be making it easier for Ohioans to vote, not harder. When our own governor from the same party calls a bill a "significant burden" with no real security benefit, that's worth listening to.

Please vote to sustain Governor DeWine's veto of House Bill 472 so that every eligible Ohioan who votes by mail can keep doing so without new paperwork hurdles standing in their way.

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Governor DeWine vetoed House Bill 472 because it would burden mail-in voters without preventing any actual fraud — I agree with him, and I'm asking the Representative to vote the same way.
Seniors, people with disabilities, and rural voters depend on mail-in voting. Requiring them to track down and submit a copy of their ID before a deadline is a real obstacle — not a minor step.
There's no documented mail-in fraud problem in Ohio that this bill would fix. We'd be making voting harder for real people to solve a problem that doesn't exist.
I live in this district, I vote by mail, and I'm watching how my representative votes on this override. I vote.

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