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OH SB260

Bill

Status

Introduced

9/16/2025

Primary Sponsor

Michele Reynolds

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Origin

Senate

136th General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Allows Ohio voters to change their political party affiliation through the voter registration process by submitting an update form, rather than only being able to change affiliation by voting in a different party's primary election

  • Establishes that a voter's party affiliation is determined by either their most recent voter registration application/update form or the ballot they most recently cast at a primary election held on or after May 3, 2022

  • Requires all voter registration applications and update forms to include a list of recognized political parties with checkboxes, a write-in space for unlisted parties, and a box to indicate no party affiliation

  • Creates a unified "voter registration update form" to replace the separate "change of residence" and "change of name" forms currently used for updating voter registration information

  • Adds political party affiliation as a required field in the statewide voter registration database and requires pollbooks to display each elector's party affiliation as of 30 days before the primary election

Legislative Description

Enact the Voter Registration Modernization Act

Elections

Last Action

Referred to committee: General Government

10/1/2025

Committee Referrals

General Government10/1/2025

Full Bill Text

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