Rather, the Obama campaign simply requested that the three early voting
days just prior to Election Day be continued as they were in the 2008
election. Husted could accomplish this with another statewide directive.
Husted and Republican Attorney General Mike Dewine filed a brief
opposing the right for Ohio voters to vote early on the last three days:
"There is no fundamental right to in-person early voting."
In a statement issued by his campaign, Romney called the lawsuit "an outrage."
"The brave men and women of our military make tremendous sacrifices to protect and defend our freedoms, and we should do everything we can to protect our fundamental right to vote," the statement read.
In 2004, Ohio's Republican Governor Robert Taft, and Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell facilitated at least 100 different means of swinging the state's electoral votes to George W. Bush. At the time, Blackwell served as co-chair of the state committee to re-elect Bush.
Ohio's 20 electoral votes decided the election for Bush. Democrat John
Kerry conceded immediately with more than 250,000 votes still uncounted.
Bush's official margin of victory was roughly 118,000 votes. More
than 90,000 regularly cast votes, as opposed to provisional, from that
election were never actually tallied, many rejected by Diebold optiscan
machines in Lucas County. An final recount became impossible when boards
of elections in 56 counties throughout the state defied a federal court
order and destroyed thousands of 2004 ballots before they could be
double-checked (disclosure: the order came as a result of the
King-Lincoln-Bronzeville suit in which we served as attorney and
plaintiff).
Those in support of Ohio's right to early vote are planning two rallies tomorrow at the Ohio Secretary of State's office, 180 E. Broad St., Columbus, at 8am and 2pm.
In a statement issued by his campaign, Romney called the lawsuit "an outrage."
"The brave men and women of our military make tremendous sacrifices to protect and defend our freedoms, and we should do everything we can to protect our fundamental right to vote," the statement read.
In 2004, Ohio's Republican Governor Robert Taft, and Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell facilitated at least 100 different means of swinging the state's electoral votes to George W. Bush. At the time, Blackwell served as co-chair of the state committee to re-elect Bush.
Those in support of Ohio's right to early vote are planning two rallies tomorrow at the Ohio Secretary of State's office, 180 E. Broad St., Columbus, at 8am and 2pm.
*Free Press Senior Editor and "Superpower of Peace" columnist Harvey Wasserman is also senior advisor to Greenpeace USA and the Nuclear Information & Resource Service.
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