(The Center Square) – Ohio legislative Republicans have not committed to an override of Republican Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto of a bill requiring voter ID for absentee ballots, but they did offer strong criticism of their fellow GOP members.
Senate President and GOP lieutenant governor nominee Rob McColley, R-Napoleon, called DeWine’s action disappointing likened it things happening in Democrat-controlled states.
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