**Ohio Elections Chief Suspends Democrats From County Board**

[cynatnite]

The top Ohio elections official, a Republican, has suspended two Democratic elections board members as the state's regular, bitter battles over voting procedures intensify.

Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted, after setting a uniform standard for early voting hours across the state on Wednesday, is facing a revolt from some Democratic elections board members, who have suggested they will refuse to comply with his new rule.

In response to the move by two Montgomery County Democrats, Husted suspended them this afternoon, writing to Thomas Ritchie Sr. and Dennis Lieberman, "[Y]ou are hereby suspended from acting in any official capacity as a member of the montgomery County Board of Elections." He also set a hearing for Monday on the two men's permanent removal from the board.

On Wednesday, Husted had issued a directive that his office says stopped county boards of elections from allowing weekend early voting hours within their counties, but this morning the Democratic members of the Montgomery County Board of Elections ignored the directive, claiming the directive only set a minimum, and voted to allow it.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/ohio-secretary-of-states-threatens-to-remove-democ

[malaise]

1. The constitution trumps the ReTHUGs

Fugg em!

[cynatnite]

3. This has been updated. n/t

[Warpy]

27. It might need to be enforced with a bucket of tar and some feather pillows

This is what happened to partisans in earlier ages who thought they could eliminate the opposition by fiat.

Perhaps it's time to resurrect it. Only this time, to avoid murder charges, we need to use barley malt instead of tar.

[malaise]

34. Yes indeed

[appleannie1]

2. They are bound and determined to prevent Dems from voting in PA, OH and Florida.

[Dont call me Shirley]

14. And in NM, the bulemic SOS is purging

[PDJane]

4. If they can get away with this and the shit they have pulled in Michigan,

Then the constitution no longer applies.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

5. This totally pisses me off!

The right to vote is not partisan. Everyone should expect, and deserves, an easy and accessible voting experience. Republicans included.

[cr8tvlde]

6. You sound suspiciously Liberal to me ... Everyone?

(sarcasm)

[Lone_Star_Dem]

24. Guilty.

I'm also a bit passionate about everyone's right to vote.

It's what this country was formed on, in my opinion.

[cr8tvlde]

32. That's one difference between a Liberal and a Conservative

Me, mine and yours vs. Me, mine and ours. (among other things)

[uponit7771]

12. I'm livid over this, M$M sits back and gives the David Gregory smirk

[Lone_Star_Dem]

25. How is voting rights not a major, national story?

Local media eats it up, beyond that, crickets.

[CrispyQ]

40. A lot of my anger is directed at the non-voters, too.

[nenagh]

7. This is one election where Democrats need to camp out in front of polling stations..

in tents...in closely contested areas..

Just as if you were waiting for the original iPad ..

Let the Republicans stand in line behind you...



Edit: Oops, it is in November...

[thecrow]

28. OCCUPY THE ELECTION!

Yeah.

[freshwest]

33. +1

[mchill]

29. Yes perfect! Democrats go to Republican Districts

After voting in their own, ofcourse...clog the lines, come without their Voter ID (wouldn't want to illegally vote!).

I use to think a great anti-Walmart protest would be for Union folks to clog the lines at Xmas time buying penny candy.

[fascisthunter]

8. so when do these republicans start wearing swastika armbands?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. Husted needs to be stopped, and his decisions reversed. NOW.

What can we do to make this happen?

[BlueinOhio]

13. Vote

The voting machines need to be addressed. They force the vote and put their candidates in unless the polls show wide lead for the other candidate. The lawsuit over the machines had a gag order put on it by Bush.

[Dont call me Shirley]

16. And several suspicious deaths

[BlueinOhio]

39. like the IT guy

The man that was supposed to testify to congress about him hacking into the machines died in an airplane crash at Canton OH

[limpyhobbler]

10. He better watch it. I still have some posterboard and markers left over from the fracking thing.

We ought to have weekend voting. Applause for the Montgomery county Dems for fighting back against voter supression.

[badgolfer]

11. Freedoms

The Republicans are always howling about their 'Freedoms' such as their freedom of religion.

What about everyone's freedom to vote? I guess that is one freedom they can ignore/block.

[WillyT]

15. HUGE K & R !!!

[AverageJoe90]

17. This is absolute BULLSHIT.

How long are the radical right Repubs going to be able to get away with this before enough people finally say enough is enough, Goddamnit??!?!

[Cali_Democrat]

18. Do other industrialized countries like Germany, Japan and Canada also have this problem...

with voter suppression?

Seems like a VERY American thing. I never hear about other industrialized countries having this problem.

America has become a laughingstock.

[canuckledragger]

22. Stephen Harper (Canada) has been careful with dirty tricks

...he's only recently tried the robocall thing. (telling people the wrong days, addresses for voting stations, etc.)

he used a patsy to to take the fall when it was discovered, 'one bad apple' kind of thing, for plausible deniability.

He hasn't tried any obvious outright fraud...yet...

[PDJane]

38. Sure he has.

He's prorogued parliament twice and his new restrictions on giving medical care to refugees was done by order in council, which is profoundly undemocratic. It's just different dirty tricks because we have a different system.

He's also given up on medicare and we have a de facto two tier system.

[mwooldri]

36. UK, generally no.

No voter ID required except in Northern Ireland for in person voting early. And getting that electoral ID card is not that hard or costly. There are procedures in place for those people who don't have all the required ID to bypass this. No trip to the DMV necessary, it can be done by mail. No ID needed for postal or proxy voting.

Plus paper ballots are the norm. Polls may end at 10pm but first results come out before midnight and by 4am the next day a general idea of how the vote went is obtained. Some tight races go for *multiple* recounts and is rare in GB for votes to take days. NI is often delayed due to local custom.

I will offer my services as an observer if needs be.

[sakabatou]

19. WTF?!

[southernyankeebelle]

20. This seems to be a steeling of an election and they aren't even hiding it.

[malaise]

21. They can't do that

They will not get away with this.

What the fuck is wrong with these criminal ReTHUGs

[lastlib]

23. Fucking rat-bastards!!

FUCK EVERY REPUGLIKAN who ever walked the face of the earth!!

[Firebrand Gary]

26. Republicans: When you can't win elections, steal them! nt

[Odin2005]

30. When this shit happens in other countries it's called vote-rigging,.

[GEOpix]

31. Where the hell is the dreaded liberal media?

All I hear is crickets!

[liberal from boston]

35. liberal media

OMG, these Republicans are stealing the Presidential election & voters are being denied their constitutional right to vote. The federal Government, the DOJ, ACLU, & the media have to become more involved w/massive non violent protests from Ohio voters. Internationally, other countries have reported that this election will be stolen again--just like 2000 & 2004. The Republican Governor & other GOP state officials should be cited with contempt.

[Blue Owl]

37. They're drunk on power in Boehnerland

When will the scales of justice be balanced against these thieving pantloads?

Before November would be nice.

[newspeak]

41. well, it worked so well before

when you have partisan supreme court wankers with some family members part of the decision process and legal process for little boot's campaign and you stop a very close vote in florida; I'd say the "horse has already left the barn." It wasn't just the confusing butterfly ballots, remember "jews for buchanan"? But, remember when the state under the direction of little boot's brother hired a corporation to form a purge list and then informed them they didn't have to check it twice. I think one on the purge list actually worked in the registrars office (wrong person). And don't forget the intimidation tactics (roadblocks) going to the polls for minority areas.

this country has no right, no right at all to publicly decry any government. "how can you take a splinter out off your brother's eye, when you have a moat in your own?"