COLUMBUS ⎯⎯ The Ohio Democratic Party released the following statement from Chairman David Pepper calling on Gov. John Kasich to veto Senate Bill 296, which passed the Ohio House today, and places new restrictions on Ohio voters by requiring a cash bond to keep polling locations open on Election Day:

“As yesterday’s decision on Golden Week shows, this legislature never learns. Hopefully Governor Kasich will,” said Pepper. “Senate Bill 296 is another sad attempt by the GOP to limit the rights of Ohio voters. No voter⎯⎯regardless of political affiliation⎯⎯should be required to pay the equivalent of a whopping poll tax to assert their legal right to vote in a court of law.  I call on Kasich to veto this twisted and unnecessary bill as soon as it hits his desk.