A law that requires Ohioans prove their citizenship when registering to vote at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles is being challenged in federal court. It claims that provision of the transportation budget, which took effect in June, violates the National Voter Registration Act, also known as the Motor Voter Law.

"Ohio law now requires that an applicant provide unspecified, additional 'proof of United States citizenship' before they are offered the opportunity to register to vote at the BMV," the lawsuit said. "Ohio is not free to impose an additional requirement for voter registration when that requirement conflicts with federal law."

The suit was filed against Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose and Ohio's Registrar of Motor Vehicles Charles Norman by Red, Wine & Blue, a national lef

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