Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted calls for uniform early voting hours

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By Reginald Fields, The Plain Dealer

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted says he will order all county boards of election to keep the same early voting hours for the November election.

Husted said he will direct boards of election to be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday -- but not weekends -- during the first three weeks of early voting, which begins Oct. 2. For the last two weeks, the hours will be 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday though Friday.
In July, the Cuyahoga County Elections Board split evenly along party lines when trying to decide when it would be open for early voting this fall. That sent the decision to Husted. The Republican sided with the board's GOP members and ruled against extended hours.

Under Ohio law, Husted gets the last say. But Democratic leaders from Northeast Ohio called on him to change his mind, and then theObama campaign sued.