Backers say the constitutional amendment closes a loophole that lets local governments allow noncitizens to vote in local elections.
reject non-citizen voter registrations and table the measure.
"The fact that so many other jurisdictions in 'blue' jurisdictions are extending the franchise to noncitizens amply demonstrates why Issue 2 is needed to clarify this issue in Ohio," Seitz said. "Issue 2 will, really, just codify into our constitution the thing that has been sort of assumed for a long time," LaRose said during an
Opponents of Issue 2 said the amendment was unnecessary because noncitizen voting is already illegal. The ballot issue is merely addressing a voter base who believes inof widespread voter fraud, and it targets negative rhetoric at immigrant communities, said the Ohio Environmental Council Action Fund.
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