Lawmakers want to end Ohio’s E-Check: Overnight News Links
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Republican state lawmakers are calling to end the requirement that Northeast Ohio drivers get regular E-Checks to renew their vehicle registrations. The Plain Dealer
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Ohio Republicans want voters to change redistricting process – before it’s ever been used: The Wake Up for Thursday, April 29, 2021
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Ohio Senate President Matt Huffman, a Lima Republican, explains to reporters his reasoning for proposing allowing lawmakers to change the state s redistricting deadlines on Tuesday, April 27, 2021.
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The headlines
Redistricting: Republican state legislative leaders are eying a vote next week that would ask voters in August to approve changes to Ohio’s system of redrawing its political maps before the new process has even been used. Andrew Tobias reports a proposed state constitutional amendment from Senate President Matt Huffman would allow lawmakers to set their own redistricting deadlines if U.S. Census data isn’t avai