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State john houston says he will not comply with the court's 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 that's not the end of the. ohio's attorney general, mike dewine, says he'll appeal the judge's 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 is not a voter i.d. issue. what's going on in ohio? >> ohio, just like florida, eliminated the...

Voting. and then the secretary of state said he's 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 that's not the end of it. now mike says he will repeal the judge's photoing and tried eliminate early voting the weekend ahead of the election. folks, this battle is going to continue. hawaii is doing this differently, what's going on? >> ohio, just like florida, eliminated the weekend voting which is early voting. we know...

Limitation, fellow republican doug price said, quote, we shouldn't contort the voting process to accommodate the urban -- read african-american-voter turnout machine. let's 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 when i asked if they were prepared to be fired. >> it is as i explained to my children, you know, ...

Thanks to all of you for being here tonight. >> thank you. thank you. >> dennis, let me strt with you. what's wrong with helping people exercise the right to vote? >> i don't think anything is wrong with it. we in montgomery county have always had since 2008 early voting and we've 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 directive to have weekend voting. and all we were doing -- >> let me cut to the chase though. they ar...

But the fifth supervisor says, you know what, early voting works great, as it is in his county. it's the florida keys. he says letting people vote on the weekend there makes a difference in that district. it's 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 we've been reporting on in ohio. in that state, it's two county election commissioners who want to continue weekend voting over the republican secretary of state's strenuous objections. ohio secretary of state, as we reported,...