by: Da Tagliare
Ohio has long been a key swing state in presidential elections.
Since 1964, no one has won the general election without carrying the
state of Ohio. In this year’s hotly contested presidential election,
Ohio holds 18 electoral votes.
Only California (55), Illinois (20), Florida (29), New York (29) Texas
(38) and Pennsylvania (20) carry more electoral votes than Ohio.
In years past, Ohio, along with 31 other states, have allowed voters
to vote early by mail or in person. In Ohio’s case, they have allowed
voting to take place during the three days prior to the general
election.
However, with a Republican governor, Ohio has passed a new law
restricting the voting to the day of the election, except for absentee
mail in ballots. With the Democratic slogan of ‘vote early and vote
more often’, it’s no wonder that the
Obama campaign has filed a lawsuit
with Ohio’s election officials claiming that the new law unfairly
discriminates against voters who want to vote early. They cite the fact
that military and overseas voters are still allowed to cast their votes
on the day before the election.
In the past couple of years, Ohio Democrats have done their best to
block voter ID laws and have even tried to push through a bill that
would eliminate the need of having an address in order to register to vote. By not having an address and being able
to vote for 4 days, imagine the ‘vote early and vote more often’
opportunities available for dishonest voters. When I heard the Dems
pushing for this law, it reminded me of the old ballot stuffing days in
Chicago. Say, isn’t that where Barack Obama is from?
Democrats need as many voting days as possible so that more dead
dogs, people and illegal aliens can vote to help counter the military
votes. Even though Oho only has two military bases – the Integrated
Support Cleveland base operated by the U.S. Coast Guard and
Wright-Patterson A.F.B.), the military vote could be enough to make the
difference come November.
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is the largest military base on U.S. land.
According the last
Gallup Poll
taken in May, 24% more veterans favored Mitt Romney over Barack Obama.
With Wright-Patterson A.F.B. covering two counties in this important
swing state and being the largest military base on U.S. soil, the
Democrats are desperate to take any measure possible, legal or illegal,
to get Obama re-elected.
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