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In Ohio, if you postmark your ballot by the day before Election Day, it counts – as long as it arrives within the next four days.

It used to be 10 days, but the window was winnowed with a major elections overhaul law in 2023. (The same law required voter IDs at the polls and eliminated in-person early voting the day before election day.)

The four-day deadline drew little controversy until President Trump made opposition to mail-in voting a theme of his 2020 campaign.

Now Republicans in the state legislature want to further restrict ballots so that they must arrive at county boards of election by Election Day.

How many voters will this affect?

Ohio counted about

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