Minority Leader Kearney Responds to Secretary of State’s Decision to Appeal to U.S. Supreme Court

Columbus—Senate Minority Leader Eric H. Kearney (D-Cincinnati) issued the following statement today after Secretary of State Jon Husted announced he will appeal the U.S. 6^thDistrict Court of Appeals’ decision which ordered in-person early voting to be restored for the three days proceeding the November 6^th election:

“It is now clear that Secretary of State Jon Husted will stop at nothing to deny Ohioans full and equal access to the polls.  By filing an appeal with the U. S. Supreme Court, Secretary Husted is once again searching for legal justification for Republican election laws that would deny some Ohioans the right to vote on the last three days before the election.  Instead of standing up for the Constitution as he claims, the Secretary of State is standing in the way of equal access to the polls, which is the most fundamental right in our democracy.  Furthermore, Secretary Husted is causing unnecessary delay and confusion just four weeks before election day.”