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Election on november 4, 2014, here in the state of ohio where folks want different types of policymaker, people who will stand up for middle class and the working poor in this nation, will stand up for the right to vote, then we need different types of elected officials so in ohio, ohioans will have a chance to make their voices heard and to vote for people who care about a government that is for the people and by the people, you know, of the people, for the people and by the people been that is the kind of government. it's the by the people point we have to keep pushing for. people must get o...

State of ohio, this great nation, that only people who have access to a car will be able to vote? that is outrageous. you know, less than 1% of the state of ohio's transportation budget, a $7 billion budget, less than 1% of it, ed, goes towards public transportation. doesn't make a whole lot of sense to make it harder for people to vote, to take an hour and a half one way. and, ed, that was only one community. we could have selected other communities. it would have taken a lot longer. 50 years after the signing of the civil rights act, 50 years after the march on washington and next year will ...

There be a game plan that would mobilize all of these folks? i mean, how you going to make sure all these 41,000 house holds are going to be represented? they're going to need some help, aren't they? >> there is no question about that. we're going to have to work with a lot of the community groups, the naacp, the pastors of the many churches who rely on encouraging their parishioners to get out and vote prior to elections. we're going to have to work with all of those folks to overcome this kind of a voter suppress effort. >> you know, they want this to take place after 2016, but if the alarm ...

Benghazi talking point? i say probably not. >> no, they won't, because what it does, it helps rev up their base. they know they're not persuading any independents, much less democrats, with this. what it does, it's reid meat for the conservative-base. it didn't do anything for them during the 2012 campaign. it won't do anything for them in 2014 or 2016. but it's become like a golden oldie for them. >> yeah, well, this is the kind of garbage that limbaugh's coming up with, that's probably why he was yanked off the big station in san francisco, new york and los angeles by his own company. >> my ...

Our mayor and our city council members have said let's sit down, let's talk. we've got three sites inside downtown that can be made available. the republican chair, the republican president of the county commission, refused to even meet to talk about alternatives. >> dina, what's your response to that? it takes two to tango here, two parties to think the vote is important. what's going on? >> absolutely, ed, thank you so much for highlighting this and also want to thank senator eric currenty whose district we were in when we took that bus ride. again, the secretary of state broke the tie, so l...