We should not accomodate black voters says Ohio

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Monday August 20, 2012 · 7:58 AM PDT

2012/08/20 · 07:58

Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted’s recent decision to prohibit early voting on nights and weekends in all districts has many concerned about the effect on voter turnout in the state, particularly among low-income and minority communities. But one Republican Party chairman is content to suppress votes among this vulnerable demographic. Doug Preisse, chairman of the Republican Party in Franklin County, which contains the city of Columbus, admitted in an email to the Columbus Dispatch that black voters would now have a more difficult time voting:
I guess I really actually feel we shouldn’t contort the voting process to accommodate the urban — read African-American — voter-turnout machine. Let’s be fair and reasonable.

Preisse was one of the board of elections members who blocked Democratic efforts in Franklin County to expand voting hours to evenings and weekends. According to the Dispatch, he called claims of unfairness “bullshit. Quote me!

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This was from a tweet ....then I found it on Think Progress as well.

ThinkProgressVerified ‏@thinkprogress 23h
Ohio GOP election board member: our voting process shouldn’t accommodate black voters -- http://thkpr.gs/...

Don't know how to screenshoot this but it is right up there with legitimate rape.
What next? Legitimate hangings?

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