When Governor Kasich bowed to public pressure and asked House Republicans to remove an MBR amendment that would have blackmailed Ohio counties seeking to expand voter access, the Governor and his office claimed they had no advance knowledge of the voter suppression tactic.
Rachel Maddow took to the airwaves to tout Ed’s latest victory against Ohio Republicans. It was pretty great — she called him “Fitz of Fury.”
Despite touting his campaign slogan of “making it harder to cheat and easier to vote,” Jon Husted’s decision to restrict early voting on weekdays from 8am to 5pm and to cut Sunday voting simply ignores the realities of everyday, hard-working Ohioans. His one-size fits all directive doesn’t make it easier for ALL Ohioans to vote, it makes it harder.
Republican Secretary of State has turned the office into a partisan lapdog, not a watchdog for voters’ rights
In response to Secretary of State Jon Husted failure to speak out publicly today against SB 205 or SB 238 as passed by the Ohio House of Representatives, ODP Deputy Communications Director Brian Hester released the following statement:
