Election Work in Progress.

An Ohio Senate committee takes up a handful of election administration bills. The proposals would close primaries, tweak Ohio’s “Sore Loser” law, and prohibit ranked choice voting. In Ohio, party affiliation is loose. You don’t select one when you register to vote. When primary elections come around, you can select whichever party’s ballot you want. The bill introduces “real time voter registration. Nothing about registration or its processing changes, except for the addition of party affiliation. Officials say…the bill “offers flexibility,” because voters can change parties at will. But those changes must happen at least 30 days before an election, and while currently voters can’t ‘change’ party between elections.