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Except to see more obstacles like this one — that was just put in the way of the concerned Voters of Ohio.
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The head of Ohio’s Democratic Party has urged the state to use more secure ballot drop boxes, but met resistance from the state's Republican leaders.
Drop boxes look similar to mailboxes, but in Ohio, there’s only one in each of the 88 counties. The drop box is located at the board of elections.
Ohio Democratic Party Chair David Pepper says putting secure drop boxes in more locations could provide more voters access, and make sure people won’t have to trust the U.S. Postal Service to deliver their completed ballots.
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Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose says he’s open to the idea, but they’d have to be in secure locations, and he’s concerned they can’t be deployed in time.
One party wants to remove the barriers to Voting. The opposition party wants to make those barriers as difficult, as possible … as difficult as they can get away with:
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Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose said during a press conference on Wednesday that one ballot box would be available per county election board until Election Day on November 3. Additional boxes will not be allowed due to legal concerns. LaRose said that he had asked Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost for a decision on whether additional drop boxes could be used legally but had not received an answer.
"What I decided to do rather than wait for continued legal analysis, was to move forward and say we're not going to allow additional drop boxes for this election," LaRose said. "This is something I think is a fine idea to look at for the future. I hope the legislature weighs in on this and it can be done in an equitable way."
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So instead of erring on the side of letting as many people vote as humanly possible, in this era-of-Covid, the republican Secretary of State of Ohio decided to error in favor of Trump’s efforts to rig the Post Office to be yet another GOP “instrument of denial.”
Denial of the quintessential right of what it means to be an American: a free and readily available means of making our Voices heard — by casting our Votes. Unhindered, unhampered, unimpeded.
Citizens should not stand-by quietly for such calculated obstruction of our basic — but most essential — of American rights. The right to Vote unhindered. The right to participate in our democracy, unhampered. And the right to have ALL Votes counted, unimpeded.
And not cast aside like so many mailbags … of “non-urgent” Trump-ordered fodder.
One of these per County — IS NOT Enough! Period.
Period. End of paragraph. Moral of the story.
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Learn more on how to protect your precious rights, right here:
and here:
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Believe me when I say — There are forces at work here, trying to help me rig the next Election. I would know.
That’s it. Lower, lower. Perfect. Our work here is done.