A board member of the Ohio State Teachers Retirement System is suing over Gov. Mike DeWine's purported firing of him last month, just as a group seeking big changes at the $90 billion pension fund was poised to achieve a majority on the board.
Franklin County Recorder Daniel O'Connor is blasting Ohio's Republican leaders for excluding county-issued veterans' identification from the list of IDs one can use to vote under the state's controversial new law.
Voters could previously establish their identities not only with valid drivers’ licenses, but also with documents such as utility bills and the county-issued vets IDs
It's not clear how many people will be impacted by this change, but voting rights advocates say such laws would disproportionately affect the poor and communities of color.
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