'They know it's un-American': Sen. Brown takes aim at GOP lawmakers over voting rights bill

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Sen. Sherrod Brown voiced his concerns over a GOP-backed voting rights bill, taking aim at Ohio Republicans for wanting to “choose who the voters are.”

Brown responded to a Ohio GOP effort to introduce a voting rights reform bill, speaking Tuesday as he toured the Celeste Center mass vaccination site in Columbus.

Rep. Bill Seitz, R-Cincinnati, plans to propose a bill that would make residents request online absentee ballots and move the request deadline to 10 days before the election instead of the Saturday before, according to the Associated Press. The bill would also limit the number of ballot drop-off boxes to one for each county, and they would be available for just 10 days before election day.

Democrats, including Brown, have been pushing to increase the number of drop-off boxes across the state. The Ohio Democratic Party filed a lawsuit in August in the Franklin County Common Pleas Court, asking to allow local boards of elections to install more. The move came as a precautionary measure during the pandemic to avoid crowds at the polls and create more accessible locations for residents to cast their ballots.

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