more opportunity to vote. the republican secretary of state, john husted, has now threatened to remove them from office. think about this, though. he didn t just say no to the proposal for weekend voting. he didn t threaten to take away the jobs of the republicans who also participated in that vote and voted the other way. he didn t just fix his directive about early voting hours to close the loophole about weekends so it would also apply to weekends and be standardized across the state. instead, he just told the democrats and i m quoting here, you leave me no choice but to begin the process necessary to remove you from the montgomery county board of elections. remove? they were hauled before a state hearing that will ultimately decide their fate or help to decide their fate. they were grilled by an attorney for the secretary of state s office. thomas richie and dennis lieberman were put in the weird position of having to defend themselves against the charge that they used their power
the residents of their county more opportunity to vote. the republican secretary of state, john husted, has now threatened to remove them from office. think about this, though. he didn t just say no to the proposal for weekend voting. he didn t threaten to take away the jobs of the republicans who also participated in that vote and voted the other way. he didn t just fix his directive about early voting hours to close the loophole about weekends so it would also apply to weekends and be standardized across the state. instead, he just told the democrats and i m quoting here, you leave me no choice but to begin the process necessary to remove you from the montgomery county board of elections. remove? they were hauled before a state hearing that will ultimately decide their fate or help to decide their fate. they were grilled by an attorney for the secretary of state s office. thomas richie and dennis lieberman were put in the weird position of having to defend themselves against the char
blowout. well, that location you just saw there, the doorstep of the secretary of state s office was the scene of another small d democratic show of force. give the people the right to vote. let s open the polls and let the people vote. let them be heard. that was a rally at the ohio secretary of state s office today s. it was in support of these two gentlemen you see framed here. tom richie, sr. on the left and dennis lieberman on the right. why were all these people in ohio rallying behind these two meptoday at the secretary of state s office? because they re threatening to fire them. tom richie and dennis lieberman may lose their jobs this week for the crime of voting to expand voting hours in their county. tom richie and dennis lieberman are the two democratic members of the montgomery county board of elections.
give the weekends question another shot. so thomas richie and dennis lieberman voted on friday to go forward with weekend early voting there. and for those efforts, they were suspended from the elections board by the secretary of state for the crime of voting to offer the residents of their county more opportunity to vote. the republican secretary of state, john husted, has now threatened to remove them from office. think about this, though. he didn t just say no to the proposal for weekend voting. he didn t threaten to take away the jobs of the republicans who also participated in that vote and voted the other way. he didn t just fix his directive about early voting hours to close the loophole about weekends so it would also apply to weekends and be standardized across the state. instead, he just told the democrats and i m quoting here, you leave me no choice but to begin to process of removingia from the montgomery county board of elections. remove? they were hauled before a state he
could implement the early voting hours now that the law was back in their hands. then what happened is you saw this dead locking. republicans were never against early voting until something that democrats started using. even you look at these people that were suspended in toledo, in the montgomery county board of elections, democrats refused to go along with it they were suspended. those republicans were for early voting in 2011. they reverse this year. so there s so much inconsistency with the republican position. obama, the republican campaign sued there s two issues in ohio. early voting and what that will look like three days before the election. actually just as a matter of disclosure my wife is an ex-white house staffer. they wanted to equalize how early voting happened for military voters but they wanted it to be for everyone. we ve been more or less cursing the dark horse. i want to light a candle about