Stop Attacks on Ohio Voter Rights

[liberal N proud]

By Andy Richards (Contact)

To be delivered to: The Ohio State House and The Ohio State Senate

“Ohioans deserve a fair, efficient, and accessible voting system. Don’t push policies that set back voting rights in Ohio. Instead, work in a bipartisan fashion to craft real, forward-thinking, pro-voter reforms.”
Gov. John Kasich and his political allies know what’s at stake in 2012: Ohio could be the state that decides whether Barack Obama wins or loses the election. And SB 5 will be on the ballot. So they will stop at nothing–no matter how brazen or unethical–to stack the deck in their favor.

Last week, Ohio Republicans passed HB 194, a voter suppression bill that cuts down on early voting and makes it harder for Ohio voters to cast their ballots.

Not satisfied with making it more difficult to vote, extreme senators are now saying they will take up a voter ID bill that would disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of Ohioans as soon as next week.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer has called HB 159 the “most restrictive” measure of its kind in the country. Adding a photo ID requirement would only serve to further disenfranchise young people, seniors, people of color, people with disabilities and the poor.

Sign the petition at link:
http://webmail.nyc.rr.com/do/redirect?url=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.signon.org%252Fsign%252Fstop-attacks-on-ohio%253Fsource%253Ds.em.cr%2526r_by%253D16357

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Talk about un-American tactics.

Kasich and his thugs have taken Ohio politics to a new low.

Recommended.

[liberal N proud]

2. Republican tactics

This is what they do, disenfranchise, block and prevent voters from getting to the polls.

WHY?

In my opinion, it is so they can win elections. If everyone who was allowed to vote did, the GOP would never win an election.