This appears to the second time in a very short span of time that a Democrat Secretary of State has apparently willfully taken a position that appears to disenfranchise voters.  Isn’t running elections, and insuring ALL VOTERS get a simplified and legal chance to vote job one for these folks?  From the Zanesville Time Recorder:

Republicans were indignant, saying there was enough money and that Brunner had ignored their intent to make the mailings uniform across Ohio. It was akin to disenfranchisement of voters in small, rural counties that couldn’t afford to do the mailing with their own money, they said. A few counties, including Franklin, have chosen to mail the absentee applications along with a required notice of election to all of their voters in previous elections.

Brunner didn’t change her mind, and this week Republicans countered.

Husted wrote a letter to county elections boards telling them that Brunner hadn’t followed the Legislature’s instructions and that all counties should mail the absentee ballot applications. The Legislature would reimburse their costs if the money did run out, the letter said.

“They can go around the secretary of state’s decision,” Husted said in an interview. “We are eliminating all of the excuses she is making. Why does she want to prevent people from getting access to absentee ballots?”

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