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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsVoter Advocates Call On Husted To Restore 2 Weekends Of Early Voting
http://www.progressohio.org/blog/2012/08/voter-advocates-call-on-husted-to-restore-2-weekends-of-early-voting.htmlCOLUMBUS - A group of voting rights advocates (listed below) today called on Secretary of State Husted to restore at least two weekends for in-‐person early voting.
"While we understand Secretary Husted's desire for uniformity, early voting hours must also be reasonable," said Carrie Davis, Executive Director of the League of Women Voters of Ohio. Norman Robbins, Research Director of the Northeast Ohio Voter Advocates" added, "Voters in many counties have come to expect that they will be able to cast an early ballot on Saturday or Sunday. Challenging budget times may mean that county Boards of Elections cannot offer early in-‐person voting every weekend, but even offering two weekends for early voting would make a big difference for working Ohioans"
Recent restrictions on extended hours and weekends for early in-‐person voting have eliminated the voting times when some 257,000 Ohioans voted in 2008. Secretary of State Husted's Directive 2012-‐35 restores only 53,000 of these votes but denies the public the opportunity to vote on weekends. Restoration of two weekends for voting would permit another 51,000 to vote, and most of all give working people and African Americans (who used in-‐person voting heavily) a chance to vote the way they preferred in 2008. Indeed, more than this number might vote on these weekends because 3 other weekends would still be denied to them. We note that despite availability of mailed vote-‐by-‐mail applications in 2008 in some counties, many voters in those counties chose to vote early in-‐person rather than by mail. Therefore, mail applications are no substitute for our proposal.
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This statement endorsed by: League of Women Voters of Ohio, Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio, Ohio Conference NAACP, Northeast Ohio Voter Advocates, Project Vote, Ohio AFL-‐CIO, Miami Valley Voter Protection Coalition, Ohio Women with Disabilities Network, and Citizens Alliance for Secure Elections
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Voter Advocates Call On Husted To Restore 2 Weekends Of Early Voting (Original Post)
limpyhobbler
Aug 2012
OP
It's awful the way they're trying to steal the election by reducing voting.
limpyhobbler
Aug 2012
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CaliforniaPeggy
(151,491 posts)1. Let's hope he listens.
Otherwise, I hope they're prepared to take more aggressive measures.
limpyhobbler
(8,244 posts)2. It's awful the way they're trying to steal the election by reducing voting.
They stole it here in 2004. It was sickening.
Starry Messenger
(32,375 posts)3. k&r