Some voter education programs may be in jeopardy due to new Ohio law

With Ohio searching for more poll workers during the pandemic last year, Secretary of State Frank LaRose had to get creative.

Ohioans needed their hair cut after being indoors for months. And, perhaps just as much, they wanted to go out again for drinks. So LaRose announced two new programs meant to spur voter registration and poll worker recruitment.

“Styling for Democracy” brought registration forms to Ohio barber shops, while a number of craft breweries joined the “Raise a Glass for Democracy” campaign. Rhinegeist Brewery offered up bottles of Every Vote Counts IPA with labels that read, “A collaboration brewed to encourage voter registration in Ohio.”

These efforts, LaRose later said, were successful in driving recruitment and educating voters.

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