Ohioans would be required to present photo ID at the voting booth and have fewer days to apply for absentee ballots…or to vote early in person under a significantly rewritten bill that sped through committee and floor votes in the Ohio Senate. The legislation, which cleared the Republican-controlled chamber 24-6, is the more stringent of two sweeping election law overhauls…speeding through the Statehouse in the final days of the legislative session. Democrats and voting rights advocates have blasted both measures as creating a litany of unnecessary new hurdles for Ohio voters, while GOP lawmakers have said they are protecting the integrity of Ohio’s elections. But neither bill’s fate is secured. An Ohio House bill that cleared committee had yet to receive House approval, while the Senate bill was expected to face potentially pivotal Republican opposition in the House. State Rep. Bill Seitz, the sponsor of the House voting bill, told the media…he would vote against the Senate’s more restrictive version. His bill includes automatic voter registration, trims the post-election return window for mailed ballots from 10 days to seven…and allows county boards of elections to place up to three ballot drop boxes at their office locations.