toward ensuring uniformity statewide. in fact, in the area you only have to look to two suburban counties. butler and warren which are heavy and went strong for mccain. he did not intervene in those cases. the democrats went along with republicans in allowing the extra hours. the democrats feel they're being penalized for saying let's make voting easy. whereas republicans are being much more selective and much more strategic in how they approach that. >> the chairman of the hamilton county republican party has said reportedly that voting access will not be restricted. quote, this year every registered voter will get an absentee ballot application so the people can vote 24/7 from home for weeks before the election. there will be plenty of hours to vote early. it's just not true that we're trying to restrict access. mark halperin, is that enough of a remedial pressure that every