JimH52
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http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/court-blocks-another-set-voting-restrictions-ohio
In a ruling issued Tuesday, a federal judge blocked several GOP-backed measures that restrict the casting and counting of absentee ballots, finding that they’re racially discriminatory.
“Voter suppression tactics have not disappeared but are now merely cloaked in ostensibly race-neutral language,” U.S. District Judge Algenon Marbley wrote, referring to the broader effort in the state to limit access to the polls for minorities.
Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted said in a statement that he planned to appeal, saying the ruling would produce “chaos.”
The decision is the latest development in a sprawling, high-stakes fight over voting rules in the nation’s most pivotal swing state. And for Husted, it’s the second court defeat in as many weeks on voting issues. Late last month, a different federal judge ruled that the GOP legislature’s elimination of “Golden Week”—a week when Ohio voters can register and vote early all in one—also discriminated against racial minorities. Husted is appealing that decision, too.
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So what will the GOP come up with next to keep minorities and Hispanics from voting. They better try really hard, cause Donnie is blowing it with those groups.
In a ruling issued Tuesday, a federal judge blocked several GOP-backed measures that restrict the casting and counting of absentee ballots, finding that they’re racially discriminatory.
“Voter suppression tactics have not disappeared but are now merely cloaked in ostensibly race-neutral language,” U.S. District Judge Algenon Marbley wrote, referring to the broader effort in the state to limit access to the polls for minorities.
Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted said in a statement that he planned to appeal, saying the ruling would produce “chaos.”
The decision is the latest development in a sprawling, high-stakes fight over voting rules in the nation’s most pivotal swing state. And for Husted, it’s the second court defeat in as many weeks on voting issues. Late last month, a different federal judge ruled that the GOP legislature’s elimination of “Golden Week”—a week when Ohio voters can register and vote early all in one—also discriminated against racial minorities. Husted is appealing that decision, too.
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So what will the GOP come up with next to keep minorities and Hispanics from voting. They better try really hard, cause Donnie is blowing it with those groups.
