Thursday, June 02, 2016

Ohio Voters

If you haven't voted in recent elections, your registration may have been erased. Those Ohio Republicans are doing all they can to remove Democrats and minority voters from the voting lists.

DailyKos:

....All states cleanse their voter rolls of the deceased and people who have moved. But few do so based on how often a person casts a ballot. In fact, one of the claims in the lawsuit is that the practice of doing so violates federal law:
             Keary McCarthy, president of Innovation Ohio, says Husted has taken purging the voter rolls  a step too far....

...a Reuters survey shows that it seems to be giving a boost to Republicans in the state's largest metropolitan areas. In Ohio’s three largest counties that include the cities of Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Columbus, roughly twice as many voters have been removed from the rolls in Democratic-leaning neighborhoods as in Republican neighborhoods. Just another effort to shave a percentage point or two off Democratic turnout...

The Ohio Republicans are cheating again.