Ohio voting rights groups urge Gov. DeWine to veto bill nixing absentee ballot grace period

Ohio voting rights groups urge Gov. DeWine to veto bill nixing absentee ballot grace period

An employee adds a stack of mail-in ballots to a machine that automatically places the ballots in envelopes. (Photo by Rebecca Noble/Getty Images) Ohio voting rights advocates are urging Gov. Mike DeWine to veto a voting measure approved just before lawmakers left for the holidays. The bill, Ohio Senate Bill 293, eliminates a grace period for absentee ballots post-marked by Election Day to arrive by mail, which GOP lawmakers have been whittling …