Nina Turner fights for voter rights in Ohio as 2016 looms

Yesterday I had the honor and pleasure of talking to Ohio State Senator Nina Turner.  She is one passionate and eloquent woman.

Senator Nina Turner is running for Secretary of State.  This position used to be an obscure one until the Tea Party/GOP decided to become the anti-voter rights party.  Now the front lines of the War for Democracy run through the SoS elections in Ohio and other state such as Georgia and Kansas.

And she gets it.  She got me going when she said that we need to get as passionate and active defending voters rights and fighting the "if you cant't beat them cheat them" attitude of the Tea Party/GOP as we were during the Civil Rights movement. Only a nationwide movement to fight this anti-democratic injustices will work.

Ohio is a pivotal state.  Obama won in Ohio twice.  Then again we know what happened in 2004 (do we?).

And do we want the current SoS Jon Husted, who has set records in voter suppression and gerrymandering, to be SoS in 2016 given the pivotal role Ohio plays in the presidential elections?  I think not.

The polls have shown a dead heat since the beginning of the race in spite of the massive amounts spent by Husted ($3-4 million) vs Turner (close to $2 million).  Husted got big donations from PACs and Koch bros.  Turners campaign donations came from the grassroots like us.

BTW, Turner has been endorsed by many prominent people and most labor unions and is officially supported by DailyKos.

Please donate, I did.

I also talked to VetGrl who gave me much insight on Ohio politics.  Nina Turner vs Jon Husted is the key race in Ohio and very symbolic IMO. VetGrl also pointed to the State Treasure and State Attorney races but obviously the one that stands out and has huge strategic importance nationwide is the one for SoS.  And Husted has "baggage".  Check it on Tumblr.

Other Kossacks have written about Turner vs. Husted campaign and the Ohio voter suppression issue;

Fight back in the War on Voting: Daily Kos endorses Nina Turner for Ohio secretary of state

Supreme Court blocks early voting in Ohio
Ohio's Husted brings his War on Voting inside the polls

Ohio's Husted gets the deciding vote on whether to advertise his name in polling places

Nina Turner ad contrasts her fight for voting rights with Husted's war on voting

Nina stressed how important is to GOTV and she told me that the one thing that would make a difference is if Obama or Michelle made an appearance before the elections.  That would help with the black vote, women and young people.  I hope that the Democratic Party gets the message.

Then again, Jerry Springer, ex-Mayor of Cinncinatti, IS campaigning for Nina Turner.

And MSNBC pitches in with this interview with Jerry Springer and Ed Schultz's interview of Nina Turner (min 13:00).

Husted's campaign has chosen to go mud slinging with their TV ads.  Senator turner could do the same thing (she has a lot of material she could use) but refuses to do so and prefers to focus on the issues.

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