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OH HB470

Bill

Status

Introduced

9/23/2025

Primary Sponsor

Terrence Upchurch

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Origin

House of Representatives

136th General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Creates automatic voter registration through the Bureau of Motor Vehicles and Department of Medicaid, where eligible individuals are automatically registered to vote unless they decline
  • Requires BMV and Medicaid to transmit daily electronic records to the Secretary of State containing applicants' names, addresses, dates of birth, driver's license/SSN numbers, citizenship status, and signatures
  • Mandates county boards of elections to send notices to automatically registered voters informing them of their registration, assigned precinct, and instructions for declining or correcting their information
  • Allows voters whose registration was erroneously updated through the automatic system to have their provisional ballots counted and registration corrected if they cast ballots using their previous correct information
  • Requires the Secretary of State to publish monthly reports on the number of individuals registered through the automatic system and the number who declined registration

Legislative Description

Create an automatic voter registration system

Elections

Last Action

Referred to committee: General Government

10/1/2025

Committee Referrals

General Government10/1/2025

Full Bill Text

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