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Have 80 rural counties who don't need it. so i'm sure the rural counties are perfectly happy with these hours and the urban counties have been outvoted. >> and that gets to the heart of the problem. it is an unfortunate fact that in these pitched battles over voting rights only one party has a clear political incentive to restrict how many people vote. it's the republican party. because more or less higher turnout always favors democrats and so republican state majorities around the country have every interest to restrict the availability of the vote. that is precisely what they have set about...

Hours and the urban counties have been outvoted. >> and that gets to the heart of the problem. it is an unfortunate fact that in these pitched battles over voting rights only one party has a clear political incentive to restrict how many people vote. it's the republican party. because more or less higher turnout always favors democrats and so republican state majorities around the country have every interest to restrict the availability of the vote. that is precisely what they have set about doing. and in ohio, get this, two years ago republicans tried to do just that and it was secretary of s...

Hours and the urban counties have been outvoted. >> and that gets to the heart of the problem. it is an unfortunate fact that in these pitched battles over voting rights only one party has a clear political incentive to restrict how many people vote. it's the republican party. because more or less higher turnout always favors democrats and so republican state majorities around the country have every interest to restrict the availability of the vote. that is precisely what they have set about doing. and in ohio, get this, two years ago republicans tried to do just that and it was secretary of s...

>> husted bristles at the suggestion he's tried to suppress voter rights. >> so it's a lot easier to vote in ohio than it is in most states and, frankly, people should pipe down the rhetoric. >> the state democratic party and the obama campaign armed with lawyers fought back and filed a lawsuit and a federal judge intervened, ordering the state to give all voters the right to cast their votes in person on the final three days before the election day, including that sunday. the u.s. supreme court rejected an appeal by republicans. that was the precedent. normal politics at the state level are n...

Try to go to the post office on a weekend or try to go visit your congressman's office on a weekend, on a sunday. they're almost never open. having to pay these folks overtime, all of this burden falls on the local elections officials. they're the ones who came to us. they're the ones who came to the secretary of state and to the legislature and asked for some relief. >> your response to that? >> it is just absolutely absurd. first of all, how do you put a price tag on democracy? we know what happens when we don't fund these things appropriately. the state has a $60 billion plus budget. they c...