“Clinton off-base on Ohio voting rule”

Columbus Dispatch editorial:

All presidential politics aside, Gov. John Kasich is more than justified in calling Hillary Clinton’s complaints about Ohio voting laws “demagoguery” and “silliness.”

Like many Democrats, Clinton continues to hammer Ohio for a modest scaling-back of early-absentee-voting hours, mischaracterizing it as a wholesale attack on voting rights, despite the fact that Ohio has among the most-generous early-voting laws in the country.

This calculated and intellectually dishonest push has taken a turn for the ridiculous, with Clinton now calling for a national early-voting standard of at least 20 days — which is nice, but in Ohio, 20 days would be a reduction from the current, 28-day period.

I’m surprised the editorial doesn’t mention the new lawsuit brought by Clinton’s lawyer, Marc Elias, which among other things attacks the cutback to 28 days of early voting.

Does anyone know if any election reform groups are joining in supporting that litigation, or the new Elias-led litigation in Wisconsin?  The Ohio suit was brought after voting rights groups recently settled a similar lawsuit.

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