Fight back against voter suppression in Ohio.

[elleng]

Republicans in Ohio have inserted language into the state budget review that slashes government funding by 10% for any county that mails absentee voter applications to all residents.

Any county that tries to get more people to vote gets its funding cut.

Can you fight back against voter suppression in Ohio? Sign our petition demanding the Justice Department investigate changes to Ohio voting laws. Click here to add your name.

Some in Ohio are already fighting back.

Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald, and likely Democratic nominee for governor, has stated he intends to send out absentee ballot applications to all residents of Cuyahoga County--with the support of the Cuyahoga County council who voted to approve the decision.

Further, FitzGerald has filed a written request for both Attorney General Eric Holder and U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, Steven Dettelbach to investigate these and other changes to Ohio voter laws, including Republican legislation which reduced the number of in-person early voting days.

Can you stand with Ohioans who are fighting Republican voter suppression?

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[Enthusiast]

1. Shameless assholes.

[daybranch]

2. Why doesn't Fitzgerald and Democrats fight the republican Gerrymandering?

Sure we all hate any law that trys to suppress the will of the people, but none of what Fitzgerald is fighting about is nearly as bad as the damage Gerrymandering in Ohio is doing in Ohio and most likely will do in the 2014 elections for the House of representatives. i hear all this talk of taking back the US House so the president will have help in Congress. yet I see total , or almost total lack of a good strategic plan to do this. we progressives at least are supposed to be thinkers and if we think about the situation in Ohio we realize Democrats are fighting a very big uphill battle for their representation in the US Congress. In 2012 in Ohio, although about as many votes were cast for Democrats as Republicans, 12 Republicans versus only 4 democrats were sent to the US House of Representatives. If you really want to get back the House we need to get rid of the Gerrymandering. Each and every Democratic candidate should make this a campaign issue, starting with Fitzgerald. Sure lets go ahead and sign their petition but lets not fool ourselves that their issues are as important to democracy as getting rid of Gerrymandering. Democrats , call your Congressmen and women, find out where they stand on the Gerrymandering in Ohio and anywhere else it exists, and ask them to make it part of their campaign. And if you are still in a petition signing mood, go on MoveOn .org and pledge to work to end Gerrymandering in Ohio. The link is http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/gerrymandering-in-ohio?mailing_id=21176&source=s.icn.em.cr&r_by=2935137 .

[elleng]

3. Quite right, state legislatures and governorships should be first target.

and progressives/Democrats seem to lack the necessary skills and/or resources to tackle this. Repugs do it continually.