Ohio Needs to Strengthen, Not Restrict Voting Rights Protections Michael Latner, Kendall Science Fellow | May 11, 2021, 1:42 pm EDT The strength of voting and elections law varies greatly between states. There are three key areas where these laws differ, 1) voter eligibility and ease of registration, 2) ballot access and time to vote, and 3) ballot processing, rejection rates, and quality control. Ensuring that everyone’s vote counts the same is also a crucial aspect of electoral integrity, as measured through bias in results, including malapportionment, and racial and partisan gerrymandering. Ohio is one of many states where legislatures are now moving to enact new restrictions, facing pressure from extremists motivated by false allegations that the 2020 election was “stolen.”