Ohio's Husted brings his War on Voting inside the polls

In the annals of voter suppression, Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted's name is legend for the many and varied actions he has taken to keep would-be Democratic voters from voting. After being repeatedly slapped down by the courts in his 2012 efforts to suppress the vote, he's decided to bring his dirty tricksinside polling places.

So big signs with your name on them are a no-go, unless you’re the current secretary of state, charged with overseeing elections. Then you’re required to draw up informational posters with instructions on how voters can update their voter registration and make sure they’re at the right polling place.

These posters can be posted at voting locations. You can also put your name on those things. Real big, if you want to.

Husted definitely wanted to, and did, emblazoning his name and signature on 2-foot by 3-foot posters that his office is now requiring all polling places to post. That has Democrats, including Hamilton County Democratic Chairman Tim Burke, crying foul.

The poster has both Husted's signature and his name, in big bold letters at the bottom, "the size of an oversized bumper sticker on the required poster," says Burke. Husted has directed every county election official to put this poster in every polling location, though his spokesman says it's not a "formal directive." Since there is no formal directive, Burke says, he will request his fellow board of elections members meet to vote on whether or not to put up the posters.

Clearly, Husted is worried about his own political skin this cycle. That's because of Nina Turner, his challenger who has made voting rights the centerpiece of her campaign. So he's digging deep into his bag of dirty tricks, because that's just who he is. Don't let him win.

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