Obama campaign sues Ohio over early voting law for military

[Shadow]

In a move that puts new meaning to the term battleground, President Obama's re-election campaign and members of some military groups are on a collision course over voting rights in the critical state of Ohio.

The Obama campaign and the Democratic National Committee have filed a lawsuit to block a new state law allowing men and women in uniform to vote up until the Monday right before an election, while the cutoff on early voting for the rest of the public is three days earlier.

Top Obama campaign officials told Fox News in interviews that the lawsuit in no way tries to restrict the voting rights of military members. All they are trying to do is even the playing field for all voters in Ohio by allowing early voting up until Monday for everyone, including members of the military, because they believe a two-tiered, early-voting process is unfair.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/08/04/obama-campaign-sues-ohio-over-early-voting-law-for-military/#ixzz22gKWkUyE

[Gaffer]

The administrations wants to prevent as many conservatives as they can from voting.

[Kathianne]

This administration hasn't a problem with illegals voting, just the military. They hate the military.

[Shadow]

This administration hasn't a problem with illegals voting, just the military. They hate the military.

I thought Obama had them in the bag...you know...cuz he killed Osama Bin Laden and all. Guess not.

[Kathianne]

In a move that puts new meaning to the term battleground, President Obama's re-election campaign and members of some military groups are on a collision course over voting rights in the critical state of Ohio.

The Obama campaign and the Democratic National Committee have filed a lawsuit to block a new state law allowing men and women in uniform to vote up until the Monday right before an election, while the cutoff on early voting for the rest of the public is three days earlier.

Top Obama campaign officials told Fox News in interviews that the lawsuit in no way tries to restrict the voting rights of military members. All they are trying to do is even the playing field for all voters in Ohio by allowing early voting up until Monday for everyone, including members of the military, because they believe a two-tiered, early-voting process is unfair.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/08/04/obama-campaign-sues-ohio-over-early-voting-law-for-military/#ixzz22gKWkUyE

No surprise, the military isn't happy about this:

http://washingtonexaminer.com/obama-angers-military-groups-with-lawsuit-against-ohio-early-voting-law/article/2504015


Obama angers military groups with lawsuit against Ohio early voting law <!-- AddThis Button END --> August 4, 2012

Fifteen Ohio military groups have gone to court to oppose an “offensive” lawsuit filed by President Obama’s campaign that challenges a law allowing military members to vote on days when the rest of the state cannot.


“The Obama campaign’s and Democratic National Committee’s argument that it is arbitrary and unconstitutional to afford special consideration, flexibility, and accommodations to military voters to make it easier for them to vote in person is not only offensive, but flatly wrong as a matter of law,” the military groups — which include the Marine Corps League, the Association of the U.S. Army, and the Association of the U.S. Navy — argued (http://watchdog.org/46658/oh-military-groups-seek-to-join-obama-v-husted-voting-lawsuit/) in their filing.


Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney also attacked Obama over the issue. “President Obama’s lawsuit claiming it is unconstitutional for Ohio to allow servicemen and women extended early voting privileges during the state’s early voting period is an outrage,” Romney said in a statement today.


Ohio’s current early voting law allows only members of the military to go to the polls during the three days before the elections. The early voting period for the rest of the citizenry ends on the Friday before the election...