And if they were telling the truth (not their strong suit), our local red rag would have gone on to say, "It's racial, too."
Tomorrow morning, Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted (R) will probably fire two Democrats on the Montgomery County Elections Board for trying to maintain weekend hours for early voting in the Dayton area. Husted had officially eliminated weekend hours as part of an overall cutback in early voting.
Despite some apparent decency (uniform voting hours, absentee ballots mailed to all), Husted is still just another wrench in the vast GOP toolbox, and they're using their tools to suppress voter turnout. Early in-person voting has been curtailed, and black Ohioans who vote early overwhelmingly prefer to do so in person.
This edict will clearly reduce black Democratic votes, but Ohio GOP officials call it "fair and reasonable". Just can't let those brothers and sisters cast their votes in a way that some old, white Republicans might find inconvenient or distasteful. "Separate standards", they call it.
Husted claims his decision to cut voting hours was also a matter of cost-cutting. He said local election boards just can't afford any "extended" voting.
Puh-leeze! Big double-bullshit call!! Weekend hours for early voting (for everyone) can in no way be construed as unfair and are hardly a separate standard. And such voting hours have been perfectly affordable in the very recent past. Now we're suddenly out of money? One of our most important and cherished rights has become conditional and subject to "affordability"?
I don't think so. Let's stick it to the bastards! Vote. And help others to register and vote.
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