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State john houston says he will not comply with the courts order, because it would only serve to confuse voters. the same judge who reinstated it, ordered houston to appear in court. he then backed down, issued a formal apology to the court, but thats not the end of the. ohios attorney general, mike dewine, says hell appeal the judges ruling and try to eliminate early voting the weekend ahead of the election. folks this battle is apparently going to continue. ohio is doing this differently. this...

Voting. and then the secretary of state said hes just not going to comply because it would only serve to confuse voters. then the same judge who reinstated the weekend voting ordered houston to appear in court this thursday. then he backed down, issued a formal apology, but thats not the end of it. now mike says he will repeal the judges photoing and tried eliminate early voting the weekend ahead of the election. folks, this battle is going to continue. hawaii is doing this differently, whats go...

Limitation, fellow republican doug price said, quote, we shouldnt contort the voting process to accommodate the urban -- read african-american-voter turnout machine. lets be fair and reasonable, end of quote. that was shocking talk. but election officials dennis lieberman and thomas richie recognized the importance of weekend voting and decided to allow weekend voting anyway. and today, john hustard fired them for it. lieberman and richie joined us on the show last night. here is what they said ...

Thanks to all of you for being here tonight. >> thank you. thank you. >> dennis, let me strt with you. whats wrong with helping people exercise the right to vote? >> i dont think anything is wrong with it. we in montgomery county have always had since 2008 early voting and weve always had the attitude that the best thing to do as a board of elections is to encourage people to vote, not to restrict them. and so even the republicans on our board have voted to do that. and we voted before this dire...

But the fifth supervisor says, you know what, early voting works great, as it is in his county. its the florida keys. he says letting people vote on the weekend there makes a difference in that district. its not just a matter of staying open later on the weeknights. he told governor scott, nope, he is not budging. and so, standoff. you might remember a similar standoff weve been reporting on in ohio. in that state, its two county election commissioners who want to continue weekend voting over th...

Year that cuts the days from early voting for 14 days to eight days. but rick scotts state has five counties that get this special scrutiny under the voting rights act. a few days ago, a federal court ruled that florida may not cut early voting in those five special counties. check this out. if you look at the specifics here, youll understand what the giant drama is going on in florida. the court ruled if those five counties under special supervision agreed to hold longer voting hours on weekday...

Election supervisors, four of them said, sure, well do what rick scott is asking. fewer voting days, okay, well take fewer voting days. but the fifth supervisor says, you know what, early voting works great, as it is in his county. its the florida keys. he says letting people vote on the weekend there makes a difference in that district. its not just a matter of staying open later on the weeknights. he told governor scott, nope, he is not budging. and so, standoff. you might remember a similar s...

You know what, early voting works great, as it is in his county. its the florida keys. he says letting people vote on the weekend there makes a difference in that district. its not just a matter of staying open later on the weeknights. he told governor scott, nope, he is not budging. and so, standoff. you might remember a similar standoff weve been reporting on in ohio. in that state, its two county election commissioners who want to continue weekend voting over the republican secretary of state...

Wanting to expand early voting hours in the county. why do you think they orally went along with that when republican in a lot of other democratic counties were voting no on that? >> well, i think that they knew it was the right thing to do at the time they cast that vote. to let the people of the county vote. we had made that commitment to them in two previous board meetings where they had appeared, and the republican board members voted to allow weekend voting. >> let me ask this. to either of...

Your republican colleagues here. obviously, all the elections boards have two democrats and two republicans, and mr. ritchie, ill ask you. under some other -- unlike some other democratic-leaning counties across the state, the republicans on your county board originally joined with you in wanting to expand early voting hours in the county. why do you think they originally went along with that, when republicans and a lot of other democratic counties were voting no on that? >> well, i think that t...