New Ohio voter ID law to go into effect Friday Everything you need to know

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WXIX) – Ohioans will soon get to experience the Buckeye state’s new voter ID laws as polls prepare to open for the 2023 Primary/Special Election. The new law, which was formerly known as House Bill 458, will require Ohio voters to use a photo ID card for all elections in-person. It also modified mail-in and early in-person voting policies. H.B. 458 was introduced by Thomas Hall (R-Madison Township) in the 134th General Assembly and is an act intended to eliminate voter fraud. The bill was signed by Gov. Mike DeWine Jan. 6, 2023, and will go into effect…