This diary will be short. I will, below the fold simply point to articles that provide a glimpse into how Republican voter suppression, confusion, and manipulation is done in Ohio.
I will lead with an article that shows that Secretary of State sent six million absentee ballot applications out to every Ohio voter, and that each of these applications contains an error regarding when in-person voting ends.
Jon Husted mails six million mistakes.
More Ohio voter suppression news below the fold.
Here is an outline of eight lawsuits flying about in Ohio, some by right wing outfits like True the Vote, and some by progressives. I believe there are more legal actions contemplated or not reported here:
Lawsuit summary.
An op-ed that says "both parties do it" regarding redistricting. It's not a bad article if hou can get past the headline:
Redistricing op-ed.
Here's a headline behind a paywall that says "Experts say" more than 1 of 5 Ohio voters is "probably ineligible to vote". So this is very Foxian, as in "experts say". Who are the "experts"? Not likely to be progressives, are they. For the record, that number who is supposedly "probably" not eligible to vote comes out to more than 1.2 million Ohio voters.
Misleading headline behind a paywall.
From the Plain Dealer - Ohio registrations down nearly 500,000 since 2008.
See the table below the article.
From Reginald Fields the PD statehouse reporter:
"GOP Rising Star Husted" doesn't like pushback
That's the weekend roundup of Jon Husted's depraved efforts to disenfranchise Ohio voters.
Please push back and GOTV.
Update 1: The Ohio Voter Registration deadline is October 9. Let's work to overcome some of this Republican Voter Suppression strategy. We have 22 days left to register, let's do it! GOTV. Here, let's let Jon Husted help us with that task. The Ohio online Voter Registration Form is:
Here. Please note that the pdf form link on this page does not work, but,
A working link to the pdf form is:
Here.