Ohio Wanted to Suppress your Vote. We Said No, and We Won.

[UglyGreed]

Where was Hillary's lawsuit defending the right to vote????

[bigwillq]

1. K and R (nt)

[beedle]

2. Where was Hillary's lawsuit defending the right to vote?

Probably being told 'it's all over, go home'. Like was being told to Bernie Caucus voters before calling for recounts.

[Betty Karlson]

3. Hillary was busy praising Nancy's silence while the gays were left to die - a.k.a. silent activism.

Or triangulating an apology. Anyway: 9/11 and a gender and praise Nancy! Or not. The power of Debbie commands you! Third Way or the Highway!

[Land of Enchantment]

4. More shenanigans

but Bernie prevailed. He sure does not take s^^^ from anyone. Remember him suing the DNC over the stupid 'data breach' when they refused him his own lists of voters in Iowa?

[Jitter65]

5. Only because you know you need those votes right now. Pandering much?

What about law suits for ALL disenfranchised voters...don't hear much from Sanders about it.

[UglyGreed]

6. Is that why

Hillary stood by and did nothing because she knew it might only help Sanders????

[Gothmog]

7. Sanders suit was filed on Tuesday in Fed court-Fair vote won this case

Sanders lawsuit was filed in Federal court http://www.cleveland19.com/story/31420000/oh-lawsuit-sanders-campaign-suing-to-protect-young-and-minority-voters
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U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday against Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted.

This ruling was in a state court lawsuit filed by Fair Vote http://www.fairvote.org/17_year_old_ohians_can_vote_in_presidential_primary

Fair Elections Legal Network announced today that Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Richard Frye ruled in favor of 17-year-old presidential primary voters. Ohio law allows for 17-year-old voting in presidential primaries. The Court ordered Secretary of State Jon Husted to advise county election boards to count the ballots already received and allow young voters to participate in voting now through Election Day on March 15.

FairVote's legal team noted that an intepretation of law was at issue:

"Presidential primaries technically elect delegates on behalf of candidates, who will then go on to vote for their assigned candidates at the party conventions this summer. Due to this technicality, the Secretary of State’s office says that 17-year-olds are forbidden from voting in the presidential primary. No other state with 17-year-old primary voting appears to follow this interpretation of law."

Studies have shown that 17-year-old voters have a higher turnout than 18-year-old voters. Also, allowing for civic participation at a young age can foster a lifetime of engagement.

Here is the ruling in that case which is in state court and not federal court http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/16-2346-Final-Opinion.pdf The Fair Vote people won this victory.

[UglyGreed]

8. Well did Hillary help with the cause???

I did not hear anything from her camp......

[Gothmog]

9. Sanders suit had nothing to do with this victory

However Marc Elias is busy suing Husted on a host of issues http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/ohio-hit-lawsuit-over-gop-passed-voting-restrictions

The suit challenges cuts to Ohio’s early voting opportunities, the elimination of same-day voter registration (known in Ohio as “Golden Week”), restrictive procedures for obtaining absentee ballots, and new rules that could lead to longer lines at the polls by reducing the number of voting machines that counties are required to have on hand. All those policies have been put in place over the last two years by Ohio’s Republican administration or its Republican-controlled legislature.

Unless these changes are blocked under the Voting Rights Act, the suit warns, “hundreds of thousands of Ohioans will find it substantially more difficult to exercise” their right to vote.

In 2012, more than 90,000 Ohioans voted during Golden Week, though most were already registered.

The suit was filed Friday in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

In 2004, Ohio was the poster-child for election problems, when a shortage of voting machines in minority and student-heavy neighborhoods led to all-day waits at the polls, causing large numbers of voters to give up in frustration. In response, the state expanded access by introducing early voting and same-day registration, among several other measures. That led to high turnout, especially among minorities and students, in 2008 and 2012, when Barack Obama won the state. Now, the lawsuit argues, Republicans are deliberately aiming to reverse that progress in order to suppress Democratic votes.

Helping to bring the case is Marc Elias, a veteran Democratic election lawyer who serves as chief counsel to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.

Marc is the general counsel for the Clinton Victory Counsel program and this lawsuit has the potential to help a great deal

[UglyGreed]

10. My question was

did Hillary or her Campaign speak up about this subject????

[Gothmog]

11. The Sanders suit was filed way too late to being anything but a laugh

The Fair Vote lawsuit was filed long before the Sanders lawsuit and Sanders had nothing to do with this victory. Husted is not one of my favorite people but I have to agree with Husted that this was a stunt http://www.wkyc.com/news/politics/elections/jon-husted-calls-bernie-sanders-lawsuit-a-political-act/77941968

A federal lawsuit Bernie Sanders filed Tuesday to allow the state's 17-year-olds to cast ballots is “just a last-minute political act to kind of draw attention to his campaign,” said Husted, a Republican, on CNN this morning.

“Eleventh hour lawsuits are something that we’ve come to expect, but it’s a tragedy that it’s happening,” Husted said, adding that 17-year-olds “can vote. They just can’t vote on every issue.”

Ohio is among more than 20 states with a “threshold voter law” allowing 17-year-olds who will turn 18 by the general election in November to vote in primaries. Husted, the state’s top elections official, issued a directive in December blocking 17-year-olds from voting in presidential primaries.

Lawsuits take time and filing a lawsuit with less than week before the start of voting is not a good way to win.

The Elias lawsuit is moving through the courts and will force some changes for Ohio voters.

I am glad that 17 years get to vote tomorrow but Sanders had nothing to do with this.

[UglyGreed]

12. Thanks for the kick

but did Hillary say anything at anytime or did they make a tactical decision not to voice any opinion???