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albino65

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9. The State of Ohio is one of the worst voter suppression states
Fri Sep 26, 2014, 08:51 AM
Sep 2014

They tried this in 2012 and were not very secretive about their motives. From Cleveland.com:

“I guess I really actually feel we shouldn’t contort the voting process to accommodate the urban — read African-American — voter-turnout machine,” said Doug Preisse, chairman of the county Republican Party and elections board member who voted against weekend hours, in an email to The Dispatch. “Let’s be fair and reasonable.”
He called claims of unfairness by Ohio Democratic Chairman Chris Redfern and others “bullshit. Quote me!”

I will hammer this until someone takes the initiative and files civil rights violations against those who would deny the vote. The republicans in Ohio are the smarmiest group of slime balls you will ever see.

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