Judge Discards Ohio Military Voting Privileges, Imposes Weekend Voting
Fifteen military groups filed a motion to intervene in the case and other courts have ruled that members of the military are uniquely situated and must be given every opportunity (even extra opportunities) to vote. Judge Economus ruled that the brave men and women fighting for our freedom are just like every other member of society, entitled to no greater privileges than Obama’s ACORN cronies.
The judge also said that minority voters would be disenfranchised, feeding the frenzied charges of racism by some OH Democrats:
Plaintiffs submit statistical studies to support their assertion that low-income and minority voters are disproportionately affected by the elimination of those voting days. Therefore, the injury to Plaintiffs is significant and weighs heavily in their favor.
The judge concluded that Ohio’s uniform voting rule:
… is unconstitutional … and … violates the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution.
He blocked it from being enforced, and went further:
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that in-person early voting IS RESTORED on the three days immediately preceding Election Day for all eligible Ohio voters … This Court anticipates that Defendant Secretary of State will direct all Ohio elections boards to maintain a specific, consistent schedule on those three days, in keeping with his earlier directive that only by doing so can he ensure that Ohio’s election process is “uniform, accessible for all, fair, and secure.”
The problem with this order is that Ohio never had “uniform” statewide voting the weekend before the election (see above). He is ordering SOS Husted to restore something that never existed. It is unclear whether the judge has ordered Husted to restore the law to what it was before Ohio began the voting reform efforts, or whether the judge is unilaterally writing a new law from the bench, imposing weekend voting hours on all of Ohio’s county Boards of Election.
Ohio is an important battleground state in the November election. The counties that offered voting the weekend before the election heavily favored President Obama and Democrats in the last election, and there is an incentive to both suppress the military vote and to increase the vote of urban and minority voters this election.
“Economus” sounds like an evil genius from a DC or Marvel comic book.
Maybe if Obama loses in November he can bring in this same judge to throw out the results.
Ekonomikrisis is the Phoenician merchant in the Asterix books.
“Judge Economus ruled that the brave men and women fighting for our freedom are just like every other member of society, entitled to no greater privileges than Obama’s ACORN cronies.”
Well… Yes?
May I suggest you look up “democracy” in the dictionary?
The US isn’t a democracy.
Thank God.
Yes – thank God!
A Democracy
The chief characteristic and distinguishing feature of a Democracy is: Rule by Omnipotent Majority. In a Democracy, The Individual, and any group of Individuals composing any Minority, have no protection against the unlimited power of The Majority. It is a case of Majority-over-Man.
Sounds like our current-day brand of ‘democrat’ does it not?
A Republic
A Republic, on the other hand, has a very different purpose and an entirely different form, or system, of government. Its purpose is to control The Majority strictly, as well as all others among the people, primarily to protect The Individual’s God-given, unalienable rights and therefore for the protection of the rights of The Minority, of all minorities, and the liberties of people in general.
Source
Excuse me, but as a native of the land that was the cradle of the English language, do you speak a different language your side of the pond? As we Brits see it, a Democracy is a system where every citizen has a say—albeit indirect—in the running of the country. You turn out on Election Day, you cast your vote, and, as soon as the polls close, the votes are counted, and the one with the most votes is declared elected to represent that constituency—in my case, currently Milton Keynes North, though with boundaries being redrawn it could be Milton Keynes South next time round.
And a Republic? Well, that’s a country that doesn’t have a hereditary head of state!
Actually, I think this judge needs to look up the word “situated”. Call me crazy but I’m pretty sure that Afghanistan, South Korea, Germany, and other places where our soldiers are stationed are situated a heck of a lot further from Columbus than is Cleveland or Akron or Toledo! If ballots are coming by mail, any reasonable person would agree that it simply takes longer to mail ballots from a point halfway around the world than from a place a few miles down the interstate….
OBAMA MUST THINK ALL THE SERVICE MEMBERS WILL VOTE FOR ROMNEY? KEEP A LIST OF ALL JUDGES THAT SIDE 100% ON OBAMA, JUST MAYBE THEY’LL SPEND SOME TIME BEHIND BARS.
My sons vote in 08 did not even make it in from Pearl much less foreign countries. There is only one purpose for all this against our military and every one of us know why!!! I predict only 20% of the militarys vote will be counted. Probably less! And what does get through will be sifted through for obama votes. The biggest election fraud in the history of our country is getting ready to take place right in front of all of us!
Also know that this RETIRED LIBERAL judge was appointed by the Clinton adm. His ruling was PREDICTABLE. OBAMA can easily change, ignore or break any law he cares to choose! There is no rule of law for our Usurper and Chief!
Another idiot leftist displaying why they shouldn’t be entrusted with public responsibilities.
The judge ruled that everyone should have the same the same early voting rights. How is this disrespectful of members of the military? To what other groups are we supposed provide extra opportunities to vote? Women? Landowners? Transgenders? If one “group” has the opportunity to vote early, everyone should.
Lets see…cause Afghanistan is further away than Springfield?
The idea of early voting for our troops was to ensure their ballots would arrive in time to be counted. I guess thats too much to ask for since they’re only putting their lives on the line. But it couldn’t be an attempt to suppress some of the military vote? Na – the democrats would never do that! Would they?
How would allowing the military to vote early suppress their vote? Oh, I see, you are arguing that the democrats wanted to eliminate the early voting, and not what they were actually doing, which was to open early voting to everyone, which is the way it should be. Increasing early voting for eveyone increases freedom, something I though conservatives would be for. Yet another reason I will vote libertarian and not republican.
Wow.. spoken like one whose NEVER worn the military uniform.
FYI: MANY military careers do not work the M-F, 9-5 standard.
The field I was and continue to work in post-military had different shifts week-to-week!
Often times because our office had people TDY overseas we’d worked 12-hour shifts with 1 day off per week.
Whereas the week-end workdays in the aviation supported jobs is FAR busier due to Reserve, Guard and higher-ups getting their flight hours in to stay qualified.
In EVERY working instance we weren’t allowed to leave to eat but BROUGHT our meal(s) with to work.
Enjoy your obviously blissful ignorance, Bob.
I am baffled by your response to me as it did not address in any way the issue of allowing people to vote early.
A vote for Johnson is a VOTE FOR OBAMA.
Johnson will get less then 2% of the vote in November. Support him all you want, but know that if Obama wins by a handful of votes – it will be you and yours who gave him 4 more years. And the DEMS are 100 times worse when it comes to Libertarian issues then then the GOP. Fabianist’s like Obama and his ilk will destroy Liberty 100 times faster.
Well, for starters, they work at jobsite that is a bit farther away from where they can vote, in order to protect our freedoms.
Secondly, our mostly liberal election commissions see to it that absentee ballots are never 100% counted, and the percentage who do get their ballots in time is ridiculously low. So by suppressing the military vote by not getting ballots out, now they cut back on time available for them to vote otherwise.
Do you need any further explanation?
Love the ‘drive by’ trolling by the likes of Brutus. Stops by, posts some inane comment – like the one posted above – then never returns to respond when someone else posts a reply.
Really Brutus?? This is your argument supporting the ruling? I think K.T. hammered you enough with a one-sentence rebuttal. But I will add that you are clearly a loser. Good going there numbnuts. I am sure Obumma is proud of you.
Say if you really supported this ruling, go the nearest DAV, VFW or military hospital and tell the guys there how you feel.
Here you go folks. This is the left. Do we need any further analysis of them in order to decide that we cannot live with them going forward?
When it takes 30 days plus days to get to you (mail by ship, contary to what you think not all military mails goes by air)and 30 days to return, discounting the 5-30 days it takes the mail to be sorted and trucked into you and finally gets to you, and your Voting office in the United States sends it out to you from the United States 30 days ahead of the election day, I believe even to the casual observer, that a lot of the military votes from overseas are never counted. Yes I had that happen to me several times (and I wasn’t even in a combat zone), so don’t let me experence it, then tell me it didn’t happen and then say We will improve it next time. Most Voting Officers are given that job as an addition duty along with all the others, so in many units that job takes a low number in the que of what is needed to be done.
In most countries, I think, soldiers do NOT vote early — it’s simply the election results that are not finalized until their votes are counted, often later. It’s not that soldiers will not be able to vote or that their vote won’t count.
Then you’ve never been an expat/ military overseas and tried to get your U.S. Embassy, OIC/ FIrst Shirt etc., in which they go through the MANY problems to obtain the ballots of your respective state, Federal election ballots.
It’s proven far more difficult for those in the M E theater.
If Ohio’s absentee-voting privileges are already so “generous”, it shouldn’t matter either way, for a responsible citizen. But the judge can’t make his own law. If I were Husted, I would look for another judge to stay this judge’s order until after the election, and I would, if I had the power, immediately cancel last-weekend voting for everyone this November, to avoid any chaos it would entail.
“In other news, Judge Economus has further ruled that dead Democrats can vote as ‘current Ohio law discriminates against the living-challenged.’”
Here in Texas he would be called a hanging Judge. Because he would be hanging in a tree out back. Part time Democrat Judge.
This will be appealed. Which circuit is this, and which Supreme Court Justice is responsible for this circuit?
PUT HIM BACK INTO RETIREMENT. FOR SOMEONE THATS SUPPOSED TO BE EDUCATED!! HE’S ABOUT AS STUPID AS THEY COME.
We need to expunge most judges from office. Newt was right. They are the greatest threat to our society. Who the Hell do they think they are?
Let’s start with a clean slate. Impeachment is meant for judges who show “bad conduct”. It’s in the Constitution. Who’s to judge what’s “bad”?. US!
There is no worse conduct than usurping power they don’t have. It’s called treason.
The parties to the suit had no standing to sue. The judge did not even address this in his decision. Most likely result is a reversal of the decision, and an injunction to decide it after this election.
I agree with the principle that people shouldn’t get special treatment under the law (exception: minor children).
For example, Barack Obama shouldn’t be provided with Secret Service protection, when the rest of the citizenry doesn’t get such protection.
If he wants armed bodyguards, let him pay for it out of his own pocket.
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Thomas Jefferson
Not sure why this is a big deal.
As I understand it, this applies only to early voting done in person… not to absentee ballots. So, servicemembers stationed overseas won’t be affected.
If they’re stationed locally, they should be able to get to the polls like anyone else, right?
What am I missing here?
malclave, I don’t believe that descriptor is in the judge’s final decision.
I’ll read through the docs again..
I think we could fix this rather easily. Anyone who is a registered voter in the State of Ohio may show up at the polls during statewide voting hours on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November and vote. Anyone who is a registered voter in the State of Ohio may vote by mail-in absentee ballot at any time between October 1 and the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November provided that the ballot reaches the County election judge by the time the polls close on election Tuesday. A voter ID number – the number on your Ohio driver’s license or some other number issued by the state – must be on all absentee ballots. Valid ID required at the polls. No early in-person voting allowed. If one knows that something is likely to interfere with voting in-person on election day, like, for example, work, then vote absentee. To be sure you can vote, vote absentee. Make the ballot mailing envelope a pre-paid one and there can be no complaint about the “cost”.
Far left judges and the current Justice Dept. have a mission. Their mission is to make it most convenient on the flimsiest of excuses for the lazy, the irresponsible, and even the illegal alien to vote. Soldiers overwhelmingly support Republican candidates, so we need to to give the scum of the earth the same right to early voting as those risking their lives in war zones so our Dear Leader has the best chance to a 2nd term.
Anything to corrupt the system. Their goal is actually a one-party automatic result election, just like the old Soviet Union. RBC’s.
If that idiot judge wants ‘disparate treatment’, look no further than Gore trying to null and void absentee military ballots in 2000.
A decision that would make Ronald Freisler proud, and they had to find a retired Democrat henchman to make the ruling. And in direct conflict with the MOVE Act, Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act, passed by Congress in 2009. You want real vote suppporession here it is.
Obviously this judge is a Democrat doing all he can to skew the Military vote in Ohio and allow massive voter fraud to take place all over the state. This is who these people are.