Ohio toughens balloting rules for naturalized voters

“If Ohio in 2004 was the new Florida of 2000, then what to call the Buckeye State as the pivotal congressional election of 2006 approaches? Worse. Much worse.

Case in point: a new state law that could keep naturalized U.S. citizens from voting on Election Day, even if they’ve been citizens for decades. In an election year in which immigration is a blazing political issue, you might say Ohio Republicans are trailblazers.”

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