Ohio's Jon Husted Tries to "Fix" Election Process

We try to make it easy but we can’t, you know. I say we’re not 7-11. We can’t stay open 24/7 and let anybody vote by any rule that they want to.
~ Jon Husted, Ohio Sec. of State, quoted on The Daily Show

Surely we can’t expect our constitutionally guaranteed voting rights to meet the same high standards as a combination gas station convenience store.
~ Daily Show's John Stewart


Cincinnati.com Story:

Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted, facing heavy criticism over uneven voting hours that appeared to benefit Republicans, Wednesday ordered all 88 county boards of elections to stay open the same hours this fall.
. . . But while Husted’s order mandates limited extra evening voting hours, it will prevent boards from opening on weekends as many did in the 2008 presidential election, when tens of thousands of Ohio voters cast early in-person absentee ballots.
Husted, a Republican, apparently acted to quell a growing national controversy over disparities in voting hours that seemed destined to give the GOP a significant edge in November. He had been widely attacked since The Enquirer reported 10 days ago that he had cast tie-breaking votes blocking extra voting hours in major urban areas that traditionally favor Democrats even as Republican-leaning counties extended their hours.

Husted, a Republican, scoffed at the “political hysteria” and “partisan controversy” surrounding the differing schedules, saying, “It has been in law and in tradition in Ohio that local Boards of Elections have established their own voting hours.”
~ Think Progress

Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted (AKA) Jim Crow Husted.. they hate Obama so much GOP & Husted are trying to steal the election...
~ comment by W. A. Pickett of Akron, Ohio, on Think Progress

The Republicans are making Ohio look like a banana republic. Nice job Husted. I'll bet they have a job in Havana for you.
~ comment by John McNay, Professor of History at The University of Cincinnati,Blue Ash

I am not satisfied with the secretary of state's half-measure, and at best it is a half-measure. Apparently he doesn't know how working families operate Monday through Friday.
~ Pete Gerken, president of the Lucas County commissioners, via the Toledo Blade

“Secretary of State Husted could have lifted everyone in Ohio up together, but instead he brought us all down together" -Rev. Dr. Tony Minor

— Meredith Tucker (@meredithCtucker) August 16, 2012

In Ohio everbody on election day take the whole day off.Crash the CEO profit making machine for one day and go vote #StopVoterSuppression

— EdieVP (@EdieVP) August 16, 2012

Sign the petition to tell Sec of State Jon Husted to stop working to suppress your vote: bit.ly/Ohj2vG #ProtectYourVote

— Ohio Dems (@OHDems) August 15, 2012

tel # Ohio Sec of State/Jon Husted 614-466-2655/ the man that is helping suppress the vote/let him know we are watching @politicsnation

— ruth w. (@rura50) August 14, 2012

Romney Exposed by Vanity Fair

 

Vanity Fair: Where the Money Lives

“What Romney does not get,” says Jack Blum, a veteran Washington lawyer and offshore expert, “is that this stuff is weird.”

. . . Despite numerous entreaties from Vanity Fair to Bain Capital to address on the record points in this article with which it might disagree, the firm refused to do so and instead provided this statement: “When politics overwhelm fact, some will distort or cherry-pick our record and launch unfounded allegations and insinuations. The truth and the full record show that Bain Capital operates with high standards of integrity and excellence in compliance with all laws. Any suggestion to the contrary is baseless."

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Today we’re learning more about Mitt Romney’s bets against America. Vanity Fair’s raising important questions about Romney’s offshore accounts in foreign tax havens, including his mysterious corporation in Bermuda, his funds in the Cayman Islands, and the Swiss bank account he opened. The question is, why? Was he avoiding paying his fair share of U.S. taxes? Was he hedging against the dollar? Until he releases his tax returns from that period, Americans will never know. This raises serious questions. If he has nothing to hide, why doesn’t he just release his tax returns?
~ Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt via Politico

President Obama’s attacks on Mitt Romney have been proven false time and again. As job growth slows, manufacturing activity stalls, and our economy continues to sputter, President Obama knows he can’t make a legitimate argument for another term in office, so instead he is trying to tear down his opponent. This is just the latest example of President Obama and his political machine saying or doing anything to distract from his abysmal record over the last four years.
~ Mitt Romney Spokeswoman Andrea Saul via Politico

This pattern of elusiveness is hardly confined to Romney’s finances, but rather defines his public life. When he left the governor’s mansion, Romney staffers made a concerted effort to eradicate digital data by removing hard drives and deleting emails, despite the state’s public record laws. Romney is also the first major presidential candidate in almost 15 years who has refused to reveal his bundlers, the mega-donors who help fundraise for campaigns. Altogether, it’s made him one of the most secretive presidential candidates in modern history, leading Democrats to argue that he must be hiding something.
~ Alex Seitz-Wald on Salon

@Messina2012 If this guy was a Dem, the media would have him quit the race by now.

— BWD (@theonlyadult) July 3, 2012

Mitt Romney: "Don't move to Canada to escape socialism, my friends. Go to the Cayman Islands-- my money is very happy there."

— Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) July 1, 2012

@felixsalmon " Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me." -- F. Scott Fitzgerald

— MrJM (@misterjayem) July 3, 2012

Mitt's money has more foreign policy experience than Mitt does. fb.me/1yO8RT7f2

— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) July 3, 2012

Music Fact: The song Kokomo was written about all the places Mitt Romney has bank accounts.

— Travon Free (@Travon) July 3, 2012

@felixsalmon " Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me." -- F. Scott Fitzgerald

— MrJM (@misterjayem) July 3, 2012

#Romney's excuse for not filing his taxes on time: "it's complicated when the cash is stashed in so many secret offshore accounts"

— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) July 3, 2012

If Romney didn't cut ties with Bain in 1999, can he be held responsible for the Stericycle deal? @donnabrazile: mojo.ly/NuHPs9

— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) July 3, 2012

Mitt Romney retired from Bain Capital in February 1999. He has had no involvement in the management or investment activities of Bain Capital, or with any of its portfolio companies since that time.
~ Bain Capital spokesperson in email to Mother Jones

@KKoz22 Yeah, I think the honeymoon is finally over for Romney. #VetThePrez

— Keith White (@Keethers) July 3, 2012

Romney doesn'thave a resolute solution to the US's immigrationproblem, but is happy for his money to seek asylum. vnty.fr/MPKhxI

— Herbert Vere Evatt (@DocEvatt) July 4, 2012

#flip Romney's Quiet Rooms: Where All the #Money's Hidden? huff.to/M4O5JA via @HuffPostPol

— joywit (@joywhitaker) July 4, 2012