Trying To Hold Back The Tide With Bad Law And Big Money

Today, Ohio Secretary of State John Husted (R) reversed himself and declared that all election boards across the state must have identical hours for early voting this November. Husted had previously OK'd a ridiculously biased arrangement where Republican-dominated areas were granted extended early voting hours while Democratic-leaning precincts were given reduced hours. He and Guv Kay-suck caught some well-deserved shit for such blatant favoritism, and decided on a do-over.

So the early voting hours are even-steven, the same for everyone. That's good. Of course those hours are fewer than they were four years ago. That's bad.

It's all part of the brazen current Republican strategy, playing out here and across the country: enact modern-day Jim Crow laws, and try to just flat-out buy the White House and the Congress.


In a recent interview, the Ragin' Cajun, James Carville, put it like this:

"The reason you see Citizens United and all these voter-restricting ID laws is simple: This is the Republicans' last shot. Look at every part of the electorate that's growing: non-whites, unmarried people, college-educated women -- you name it, they're all part of the Democratic coalition. It's a coming demographic disaster for Republicans. That's why they're so determined to change who votes and the way you raise money. It's like [GOP strategist] Ed Rollins said, 'The problem with our party is it's too old, too white and too fat.'"