the voters backed john mccain. this year, both counties, the biggest two in ohio to go for the republican candidate are staying open extra hours on weekends and saturdays so their voters can cast early voters. in that same year, cuyahoga and franklin counties went for democrat barack obama by 60% or more, but election offices in those two predominantly democratic counties will be limited. it will be open to you in ohio if you're likely to be a republican voter, but not if you're likely to be a democratic voter. the ohio press is now getting all over this. the new report in the toledo blade called for a new poll tax and back door voter suppression, and john hue stead facing that kind of pressure is telling the columbus dispatch he's considering establishing standardized early voting hours across the state, the same in every county. this is after he personally intervened as secretary of state to make sure the democratic counties would have fewer hours. now he's thinking about reversing it, considering it. we have been covering the story about ohio voting rights for about a week now. ohio republican secretary of state john huh stead had agreed to come on the program for an interview.