Letter: Congress must pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act

- Letter to the editor

With little notice from the public, a fundamental right of citizens across our great country — the right to cast a vote — is being lost. In state after state, including our great state of Ohio, lawmakers are introducing and passing voter suppression bills. 

The Brennan Center for Justice has tracked 253 bills introduced in 43 states (so far) that make it more difficult to cast a ballot. These bills will make it harder for millions of Americans to vote by mail or vote absentee and would curb the number of early voting days and ballot drop boxes.   

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