COLUMBUS — Ohio Democratic Party released the following statement from Chairman David Pepper on today’s announcement that Attorney General Mike DeWine and Secretary of State Jon Husted plan to appeal this week’s ruling restoring “Golden Week.”

“Jon Husted and Mike DeWine keep losing in court and wasting Ohioans’ tax dollars, all in an effort to make it harder for Ohio voters to cast a ballot. In this case, they are defending a law that clear data showed imposed a stark discriminatory impact on Ohio’s African-American voters. They are now rushing to defend that blatant discrimination at a higher level. It’s a sad day.”