Polls indicate Kasich and the GOP's SB5 may very well go down in flames. The GOP has been busy doing everything they can to restrict voting, make voting more difficult - and finally have resorted to ending early voting for the 3 days that have historically always been the heaviest turnout days for early voting.

Republicans are expert at trying to drive voters away from the polls in Ohio with dirty tricks.

All the tricks available is not going to stop this tsunami of opposition to the GOP attack on the Middle Class!

And come next year the same people who brought us Issue 2 are going to be bringing a recall election on Kasich!

The GOP has been busy doing everything they can to restrict voting .. have resorted to ending early voting for the 3 days that have historically always been the heaviest turnout days for early voting.

#1 | Posted by YAV

a) there is NO history .. we began IN PERSON early voting in '08 - it was a mess
b) all ballots can STILL be MAILED till election day

~ if SB-5 goes down our town must lay-off teachers & police (our firemen are volunteer)

~ they ain't no mo money

~ the green jobs Dems promised went to China

#3 .. if SB-5 remains intact my young neighbor/teacher must PAY PART of his pension & health -- he MIGHT have to sell a 4wheeler

if SB-5 is repealed I PAY ALL his pension & health .. BUT - he likely loses his job .. and both his & wife's 4wheelers .. and their ski-boat .. and I guess possibly their house

Here is some behind the scenes information on why there needs to be an early cut off on absentee voting. Tomorrow morning as an Election Judge I have to go to my voting place to accept and check the voting equipment for this Tuesdays election. Part of that is accepting a sealed bag which contains all the absentee ballots. When I went to class to be an election Judge the handling of absentee ballots came as a surprise to me. I assumed they were counted at the county seat separately but they are instead sent out to the precincts where the person is registered and they will be optically scanned on Tuesday along with the ballots of the walk-ins. This is why you can't do absentee ballot right up to the last minute. I assume Ohio is the same as PA on this. I know it make a good story on the evil republicans but sometimes the facts don't work out that way.

if SB-5 is repealed I PAY ALL his pension & health .. BUT - he likely loses his job .. and both his & wife's 4wheelers .. and their ski-boat .. and I guess possibly their house.

Makes me wonder if the people that will be laid off if SB5 is repealed will consider themselves sacrificial lambs. True soldiers of the cause. Take one for the home team so to speak. Are they rally ready to lose those sweet jobs with the best benefits taxpayers can buy and start working at Burger King, Walmart, or the local gas station?

I wish them well.

"Ohhhh, look for the union label...."

There's a corollary here with Greece and their proposed referendum. Of course folk will vote for their self-interest. The Greeks would do the same. The irony is they would be shooting themselves in the foot. It really doesn't matter as far as the vote is concerned. The outcome will ultimately be the same---excepting it'll cleanse the system quicker.

#6 .. the stark reality ..

it's a great debate that is being forced on our community (1200 HS students)
they will NOT have any additional $ and most likely will have to do with less as tax levies expire
school board threatening extra-curric cuts (bus, sports, band, art, yada-yada-yada) --
observation by a citizen that IF we (via ballot) disbanded the school board and became a satellite campus of a local CATHOLIC HS ..

~ test scores would rise
~ grad rates would rise
~ college entrance would rise
~ education costs would fall
~ real estate taxes would fall

~ ya coulda heard a pin drop ~ and as I said .. a long overdue debate

#9 - Something that I hadn't thought of. Has anyone really researched the possibility of turning rural and suburban public schools private? Maybe as satellites of Community colleges, other well known private prep schools and the like?

Let the States and Feds have their Urban public shit hole schools and let vouchers handle the rest.

Voters who want to cast ballots early at their county board of elections office will be allowed to do so only until 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4, (the day of Husted's announcement) according to the news release from the secretary of state.

Well, it's unusual that Right-wing bastards reveal themselves in QUITE such an obvious way.

I know it make a good story on the evil republicans but sometimes the facts don't work out that way.

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if SB-5 is repealed I PAY ALL his pension & health .. BUT - he likely

The fact is that the Evil Republican surprised the electorate he obviously fears and loathes with a change of proceedure.

Just own it.

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I know it make a good story on the evil republicans but sometimes the facts don't work out that way.

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The fact is that the Evil Republican surprised the electorate he obviously fears and loathes with a change of proceedure.

Just own it.

#12 | Posted by Zed at 2011-11

It is funny hearing all the righties whining about how much personal hardship they will have to endure if we actually allow the Working Class to experience basic freedoms.

A large amount of Ohioans are out of work and on food stamps. That is nothing in comparison to the abject misery you would experience if you had to sell the 4X4 and the Jet Ski!

#14 | Posted by Monstman

I realize that concepts like financial responsibility don't fit in the liberal lexicon so let me break this down for you.

Ohio has limited funds, it can't print money and if it raises taxes more people and companies will leave the state. If there are not some compromises made people will have to be let go to make the budget work. No one wants that. If you look at the compromises being requested it is hard to shed a tear for the union people on this.

#15 .. add to that Ohio sends wayyy too much $$ to DC ..
DC counts our tax $$, takes out expenses & a huge handling fee then they return our OWN MONEY to us labeled "Fed Funds"

what a racket ..

There was nothing requested - lets get the facts straight.

Your right wing legal attack on the working class is going to fail miserably! In Ohio and in Wisconsin.

Kasich was at a speech last month and said that public employees need to start giving something back; but actually, the truth is:

Ohio public employees have given up 1 billion in concessions since 2008.

Also,
State employees contributed $350 million in wage freezes, furlough days and increased healthcare costs.

Teachers and support staff accepted wage freezes in more than 90 percent of collective bargaining agreements this year â€" concessions not tallied in this report because they are not yet available.

Last year, at least 65 percent of public employee contracts included at least 1 year of wage freezes, some furlough days, reduced compensation, rollovers or economic re-openers. [...]

More than 93 percent of public workers already pay for their own pension plans, with no contributions from their employers.

On average, county and state employees pay more than 15 percent for their health care plans.

John, why do you keep mistating the truth. What are you really trying to accomplish with this?

Oh yea, you are also down by 25 percent in the latest polls.

All early voting does is make it more difficult to keep an eye on democrats and their attempts to steal elections. Democrats across this country have been know to tamper with voting machines, fake votes, vote twice or more, throw away ballots of the opposition, pay for votes, and last but not least wait to be last on election night so they can mysteriously find just enough misplaced democrat votes to (cheat)win.

LIES!

Early voting gives you more time to verify.

Oh yea, you are also down by 25 percent in the latest polls.

#18 | Posted by northlimadawg