I believe that all counties in Ohio should have open and expanded hours for voting in evenings and on weekends so that those Ohioans who cannot get to the polls on election day can trust that their votes for the candidates of their choice will be counted. We cannot have a situation like the one that disenfranchised those voters who stood in the rain on election day of 2004 and could not get into the polls before they closed. The situation of depriving voters in specific counties their right to the same voting opportunities as those in "red" counties is un-American. This is reminiscent of the situation in Germany under the Nazis. This is America, where the Voting Rights Act is affords all Americans the same opportunities in the exercize of their rights to vote. The Republicans are showing their lack of confidence in their candidate and have resorted to voter suppression to get votes for their candidate. Officials in Pennsylvania have even admitted that their policies on voter suppression will "get the job DONE in favor of Romney".

For months, Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted has personally acted to restrict early voting in counties with large Democratic populations—casting tie-breaking votes to limit voting to weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in urban areas like Franklin County, where in previous elections 82% of early voters did so on nights or weekends. Now, Secretary of State Husted said he is considering limiting early voting hours across the state in the run-up to the November election, and will "be listening to local boards of elections' concerns on this issue. We believe this is a violation of the rights of voters who are not able to comply with this voting window.

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The Secretay of State in Ohio is threatening to curtail early and expanded voting to the citizens of Richland County. This will lead to low voter turnout because of the restricted hours available to vote.

It is insane that we are using a food product to fuel our cars with.Ethanol is an inefficient fuel and contributes to air and ground water pollution. It lowers fuel economy by anwhere from 5 to 40% depending on the ethanol content of the fuel and causes damage expensive parts in you engine. It doesn't reduce our dependence on imported because of the large amount of oil that goes into the growing making and shipping it..Corn uses a massive amount of petroleum based fertilizer,pesticides and fertilizer to grow it. Cellulosic ethanol is very expensive and many years away as no efficient way to make it has been developed. But now biobutanol is on the verge of mass production. Biobutanol is made from farm waste and other biomass waste such as wood chips and other waste products. Biobutanol has 95% of the energy content of gasoline and since it burns more completely than gasoline you will end up fuel economy better than gasoline alone instead of the penalty of fuel economy that ethanol has. Another side effect is a reduction in emmisions.

For months, Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted has personally acted to restrict early voting in counties with large Democratic populations—casting tie-breaking votes to limit voting to weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in urban areas like Franklin County, where in previous elections 82% of early voters did so on nights or weekends. Now, Secretary of State Husted said he is considering limiting early voting hours across the state in the run-up to the November election, and will "be listening to local boards of elections' concerns on this issue."

For months, Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted has personally acted to restrict early voting in counties with large Democratic populations—casting tie-breaking votes to limit voting to weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in urban areas like Franklin County,1 where in previous elections 82% of early voters did so on nights or weekends.2 Now, Secretary of State Husted said he is considering limiting early voting hours across the state in the run-up to the November election, and will "be listening to local boards of elections' concerns on this issue."3 1. "Jon Husted doesn't rule out limiting early voting throughout Ohio," Cleveland Plain Dealer, Aug 14, 2012 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=278941&id=48892-4564828-nRET8wx&t=5 2. "Ohio Early Voting Cutbacks Disenfranchise Minority Voters," The Nation, Aug 8, 2012 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=278942&id=48892-4564828-nRET8wx&t=6 3. "Jon Husted doesn't rule out limiting early voting throughout Ohio," Cleveland Plain Dealer, Aug 14, 2012 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=278941&id=48892-4564828-nRET8wx&t=7

Early voting is being restricted in my county (Franklin) and many other counties around Ohio. In counties that vote for the GOP early voting is still being allowed. I want uniformity in the rules which allow early voting.

Congress is allowed to create a special health care insurance program for itself that only they have access to. They should be forced to buy the same health care insurance available to the citizens whom they govern wtih no special provisions for them alone.

I'm concerned that early voting hours are being restricted to weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Many work during those hours, and choose to vote before or after work -- or even on weekends. Voting is a basic right in our country, and should not be restricted. I am petitioning the Board of Elections to make voting as accessible as possible.

Support uniform, expanded early voting hours across Ohio

After many years of being on a wait list to participate in a program for disabled adults in Casselberry,FL my son is already 30 years old and out of the list because we had a family emergency and left the state for two years. I think our disabled citizens deserve more respect from our government which say there are no funds for more adult programs in Central Florida. I think it is not fair to our growing community of disabled adults in the state of Florida.