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The Right to Vote “Suffrage”

General Elections vs. Primary Elections vs. Special Elections

Voting is State Regulated

Federal Restrictions on the States Race ( ? Amendment) Men and Women ( ? ) No poll taxes ( ? ) Maximum age of 18 ( ? )

Federal Restrictions on the States Property? Hill v. Stone th Amendment Equal Protection Clause Cannot discriminate or draw unreasonable distinctions between persons So…for example…what about Felons???

State Restrictions on Felons Only Florida, Kentucky, and Virginia have lifetime bans 48 states prohibit current inmates from voting Only Vermont and Maine allow inmates to vote 36 keep parolees from the polls

OHIO’S Restrictions on Felons Ohio: parolees can vote Ohio: in jail on a felony: your voter registration is cancelled!

Ohio Voting Eligibility 18 by general election day Must be registered Citizen of the U.S. Resident of Ohio for 30 days prior to election You are not incarcerated on a felony You have not been declared incompetent by probate court

How to Register in Ohio? BOE’s BMV Libraries High Schools Designated state and County Offices Many, many other locations CANNOT REGISTER ONLINE Must be registered 30 days prior in OH

Check your status online? Greene County site is better

May a college student register and vote from his or her school address in Ohio? It depends. A college student may vote using his or her Ohio school residence address if the student does not intend to return to a different permanent address. When a college student registers to vote from his or her school address, the school residence is considered to be the place to which the student's habitation is fixed and to which, whenever the student is absent, the student intends to return, and is considered by the student to be his or her permanent residence at the time of voting. Any other previous residence for voting purposes is no longer valid. It is illegal for a person to register and vote from two different addresses.