Reply #2: OH-"GOP takes up cause of election reform" [View All]

http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051211/NEWS24/512110352

Article published Sunday, December 11, 2005

COLUMBUS - A month after voters soundly rejected sweeping changes to Ohio's election system largely pushed by Democrats, Republicans are poised this week to enact their own idea of reform.


Voters would be forced for the first time to show some form of identification before casting a ballot. It will become tougher to get petition-driven issues on the ballot, and caps will be enacted for the first time on how much county and municipal officials may accept in campaign contributions from employees.

"These are much more modest changes, but I was surprised the Republicans wanted to pursue further election reform given the solid rejection of the ," said John Green, director of the Ray C. Bliss Institute for Applied Politics at the University of Akron.

The debate further demonstrated the split between Democrats and Republicans on what reforms they believe are needed, and again exposed a nerve in the battle between Republican titans running for governor next year...