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Group Sues State Over Ballot Issue Removal
http://www.ideastream.org/news/feature/48612Posted: Friday, August 24, 2012
A group that hoped to put before voters a repeal of a controversial package of election law changes is suing Secretary of State Jon Husted for not allowing that repeal to go to the ballot. Ohio Public Radio’s Karen Kasler reports.
The Democratic group Fair Elections Ohio had gathered signatures to put a repeal of House Bill 194 on the ballot – those changes included the elimination of the last three days of early voting on the weekend before the election. At last week’s Ballot Board meeting, Republican Secretary of State Jon Husted said there was no reason for the repeal to go to voters because lawmakers had repealed it themselves with a new law that took effect that day.
HUSTED: “Since the law has been repealed, and there is no longer – it is no longer necessary for the issue to be considered by this board.”
