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Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted
Ruling on NAACP
v. Husted: Voting Schedule
Regarding the ruling today in NAACP v. Husted, all of the following may
be attributed to Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted:
“My overarching principle for Ohio’s long-debated voting schedule is
that all voters, no matter where they live, should have the same
opportunity to vote. That’s why I have set uniform voting hours for all
88 counties and why I sent absentee ballot applications to voters
statewide, so there would be no disparity in access.
“I have been consistent. This ruling is not.
“During the 2012 election and beyond, this same judge said we had to
implement fair and uniform days and hours’ of operation for elections
in Ohio. Now he seems to say counties can set their own days and hours
of operation.
“Today’s ruling kicks the door open to having different rules for
voting in each of Ohio’s 88 counties, which is not fair and uniform and
was not even acceptable to this court or the plaintiffs previously.
“We must appeal this ruling, because we can’t simultaneously treat
people the same and differently.”
Read the Cleveland Plain Dealer article on the ruling here
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