Judge Rules No Need to Rehire Ohio Democratic Election Officials

readersupportednews.org, Reuters by Kim Palmer | Oct. 27, 2012 (News Report)

Since 2005, Ohio's 88 local boards of election - four-person panels made up of two Democrats and two Republicans - have decided on a county-by-county basis when early, in-person voting can take place in their areas.

But Democrats complained that a pattern seemed to be emerging this year where Democrats on election boards in Republican-leaning counties were allowing in-person voting outside regular business hours, but Republicans in ... Full Story »

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On the surface it seems unfair in not having a response from the democratic party. It is hard to believe that would be hard to get. This and the republican counting machines in Ohio show a party that has a deeply unpopular platform trying to jimmy the election by preventing working people from voting easily, and also by setting up machinery that can miscount the ballots of those who do vote.

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