ACCESS

Rescind restrictions on In Person Early Voting

One size does not ft all.
Ensure that counties have enough precincts, polling
locations, and parking in 2014 because the num-
bers of precincts and polling locations have both
shrunk by nearly 20% from 2004 to 2012. (*and by
25% in Cuyahoga County from 2008 to 2012)

VOTER
OUTREACH & INCLUSION
Reach out to all kinds of voter groups, not just to
those with right-leaning political stripes.
Reach out to colleges and universities and recent
college graduates in accordance with legal
settlement to make sure they know how and
where to vote.
Send absentee ballot applications to ALL voters
do not exclude voters that the Secretarys offce
has unilaterally labeled as Inactive.
Dont settle for low turnout in the midterm
elections. Study and implement methods to
increase participation in our democracy.
PUBLIC CONFIDENCE &
ACCOUNTABILITY
Stop Boards of Elections from referring for
prosecution voters who cast an absentee ballot,
lose faith that it will be counted, and then vote
provisionally on Election Day. No voter was
prosecuted for this legal act, and the harassment
has to stop.
Follow the law requiring public comment on
directives.

VOTER TOOLS
Give voters the ability to search for their polling
location by their home address on the Secretarys
website.
Restore the voter education videos for deaf voters
to the Secretarys website.
A checklist for elected leaders to
encourage voter participation in Ohio
Photo: Sam Hendron, WOSU
Voting shouldnt take all day.
Take steps now to ensure a more
participative democracy later.

Elected ofcials should work to
encourage voting, not complicate it.
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PURGING
Stop marking voters for purging simply for not
voting. Its not required, necessary, or in line with
the goals of the Motor Voter law.

REGISTRATION
Online Voter Registration Switch it on for all, not
just some.
Register all BMV online customers who do not opt
out of the voter registration opportunity that the
state is required to offer.
Investigate and fx any other problems registering
voters at BMV locations to bring up Ohios below-
average numbers of Motor Voter registrations.












COUNTING VOTES
Count all double-bubble votes, not just some.
Votes must be counted unless the intent of the
voter is impossible to determine.
Revise process for handling errors so that voters
who forget to send back an absentee envelope are
not labeled as making a fatal error. (1,545 voters
affected in 2012.)
Rescind restriction on counting absentee ballots
that are dropped off at the polls by voters and
accepted by poll workers.
Count ballots where Stub A has been removed so
long as there are no suspicious circumstances
present. (592 voters affected in 2012.)
Dont ignore the Civil Rights Acts requirement
that harmless paperwork errors must not
disqualify ballots.
Revise provisional ballot form and gather data
throughout the state on provisional ballots cast in
the wrong polling location so the problem can be
eradicated, voters will no longer be punished for
poll worker error, and votes can be counted.
(9,483 voters affected in 2012.)


CORRECT DEFECTIVE
BALLOTS & FORMS
Ensure that essential voter instructions are not
left off of approved ballot designs like they were in
the 2014 primary.
Fix badly-designed provisional ballot forms that
resulted in double the number of ballots rejected
for a missing signature from 2008 to 2012.
A checklist for elected leaders to
encourage voter participation in Ohio
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Source: U.S. Election Assistance Commission
Voting data from 2011-2012
Number of
Motor Voter
Registrations