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Related: About this forumMarc Elias, chief counsel for Hillary's campaign helping in Ohio suit for voting rights....
Good to see this! I despise Ture the truth--they are a sleazy tea bagger group who caused lots of problems during and after the Scott Walker recall in Wisconsin.
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/ohio-hit-lawsuit-over-gop-passed-voting-restrictions
Ohio hit with federal lawsuit over GOP voting restrictions
05/12/15 03:05 PMUpdated 05/12/15 04:00 PM
By Zachary Roth
.....Helping to bring the case is Marc Elias, a veteran Democratic election lawyer who serves as chief counsel to Hillary Clintons presidential campaign.
Secretary of State Jon Husted, a Republican and a defendant in the lawsuit, has seized on Elias involvement to frame it as a Clinton-backed political scheme.
I suspect Mrs. Clintons attorney may have filed his suit in the wrong state as Ohio has ample early voting hours, Husted said in a statement Monday. Perhaps he intended to sue Hillarys home state of New York where they have no early voting days or hours. Mrs. Clintons political associates are simply intending to interject chaos into Ohios nationally recognized voting system.
True the Vote, a tea party linked group that supports restrictive voting rules, sent out a fundraising appeal Tuesday warning that Hillary Clintons attorney had filed suit over Ohios voting rules, and adding: The stage is being set right now for a 2016 ballot box battle unlike anything weve ever seen.
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In an email to msnbc, Elias rejected the implication that the lawsuit is a political ploy.
My firm and I have brought many lawsuits throughout the country to vindicate the right to vote, Elias wrote. Our lawsuit is on behalf to the plaintiffs listed in the complaint. It is unfortunate that Secretary Husted chose to respond with a political attack rather than working to remedy the problems identified in our suit....................
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Marc Elias, chief counsel for Hillary's campaign helping in Ohio suit for voting rights.... (Original Post)
riversedge
May 2015
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OKNancy
(41,832 posts)1. Thanks for posting
Glad you are the rivers edge and not a river lover.
I knew you would like that.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)4. Meant in good fun.
OKNancy
(41,832 posts)6. Oh, of course. n/t
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)5. While others are running around - hair on fire
HRC is taking care of business. Well done.
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)7. I am so glad to see Hillary staff going after these sleezes.