A.P. offers this report from Ohio, which begins: “COLUMBUS – Republicans in the Ohio House and Senate tried to meet halfway on a bill that would dramatically change the state’s elections laws, couldn’t do it, then went home for the holidays. That was fine with the Democrats, who liken the changes to an attack on voting rights. The House on Wednesday rejected Senate amendments to a bill that would make major changes to Ohio election law after concerns were raised about the effect on local elections and other issues.”