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Have to get in line with everybody else. once youre in line just pray they have enough machines and you dont spend your entire day waiting to exercise your right as a citizen. told by congress that ohio needs to make voting easier. the state moved overtly to make voting harder. ohio republicans closed the window down on early voting which had been expanded at 2004. they expanded early voting in ohio in time for the 2008 election which went a lot smoother and a democrat named barack obama won the...

Requirement that poll workers give you correct information about where to vote, so you vote at the right precinct table and your ballot doesnt get thrown out. they tried to repeal that requirement. ohios election system was already broken, and once republicans gained control, they set about make it worse. the cincinnati inquirer, which is not exactly a left wing rag, just published a big multi-part investigation into the problem of voting in ohio. their investigation is headlined "will ohio coun...

Ab lincoln or teddy roosevelt wouldnt recognize them. "the ed show" starts right now. good evening, americans welcome to "the ed show." political history is in the making here in the badger state. this is "the ed show." lets get to work. its pretty much in the hands of the people. >> this is more than just a race. this is a movement. >> lost friends over this. >> we had a big turnout so far. had to call in for extra help. >> massive turnout in dane county and milwaukee county where they need...

They printed more in milwaukee county. they are advising voters who are coming to the polls, if you can print out a registration form because they are literally running out. this is really important because we have so many listeners in wisconsin. nothing will stop you from voting. if you get there by 8:00 even if they dont have a form, theyll find one for you. even if theres a problem finding it, everything will work. if you can go to the polls, go to the polls and participate in what could be t...

Wisconsin? >> well, i really think it is in many respects, martin. they think money is going to be able to put scott walker over the top, but the ground game here has been absolutely incredible by the democrats and the progressive movement. we are seeing unbelievable turnouts all over the state. its going to exceed in many respects the 2008 turnout. in north milwaukee they are moving poll workers. in madison in dane county they are talking about an 88% of the vote turnout. theyre also bringing i...

This time. they came up to declare that whole petition drive to recall the governor was going to be rife with fraud. they did their own data processing and said there were 280,000 illegitimate votes. that turned out to be completely false. now theyre coming back. they were called a gop front group. they go to the polls and hassle poll workers and cast their ballots. i think what theyre going to find in wisconsin is there are going to be a lot of people there to make sure the people can cast thei...

The governor was going to be rife with fraud. they did their own data processing and said there were 280,000 illegitimate votes. that turned out to be completely false. now theyre coming back. they were called a gop front group. they go to the polls and hassle poll workers and cast their ballots. i think what theyre going to find in wisconsin is there are going to be a lot of people there to make sure the people can cast their votes. >> ruth and joan, great to have you with us tonight. thank you...

>> ruth, he is setting the table for being a whiner, being a complainer and an excuse? >> yeah. i think first of all theyre setting the table to dispute the results. secondly, theyre trying to suppress the vote and in particular the tea party group is coming up and getting involved in wisconsin again. these folks came. they want to be poll watchers this time. they came up to declare that whole petition drive to recall the governor was going to be rife with fraud. they did their own data processi...

He said he will seek to invalidate the decree. its the latest effort by oh republicans to suppress the vote. the republican party also tried to prohibit poll workers from assisting voters. if a voter showed up at the wrong place and started asking questions, you cant help them. they are banned from answering simple voter questions about where do i go if im at the wrong place. the republicans dont want that question answered. it was set to be jerejected by voters in a referendum. this is a power ...

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