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John Husted cuts early voting days and hours in Ohio.

CLEVELAND,Ohio-- Secretary of State Jon Husted's re-election mantra seems to be "If at first you don't succeed in disenfranchising voters, try and try again.

In 2012 Husted attempted to cut early voting access only to be sued by the Obama campaign and lose in court. He's now back again making another attempt with the help of the state legislature and Governor Kasich.

Husted and his statehouse pals tag teamed for a one-two punch at voter access, reducing the number of days and hours for in-person early voting, putting restrictions on mailing absentee ballots, ending same day registration and Sunday voting.

Based on past voting patterns, the changes hurt poor, working class,urban and black voters the most. In 2008, 56% of all weekend voters in Cuyahoga County were black. Cutting Sunday voting kills the popular and effective "Souls to the Polls' after Church voting drives. Many of those souls are likely supporters of Husted's opponent, State Sen. Nina Turner.

This time around, Jim Crow bird feeder Husted is hiding behind saying he's simply adopting a bipartisan proposal by the Ohio Association of Election officials. But it's still clear to see what his and the state legislatures true motivations are, and it's not to have a "fair and uniformed" voting process. Did he pull "fair and uniformed" out of the Roger Ailes Fox News book of monikers and slogans?

Husted's means to the end may have changed, wrapping itself in the OAEO proposal, but the endgame is still the same. Suppress the vote because the Republicans can't win with their positions and candidates alone.

The former college football player has handed his opponent Nina Turner a political football she can and will run and score with. It will not help the Republican cause and image having Ohio voter suppression being a backdrop national story for a Republican convention being held in Cleveland, Columbus or Cincinnati.

"Souls to the Polls" was killed by Republican's who've appeared to have sold their souls to the ghost of old Jim Crow laws. They didn't get a good return for that in the last election and they likely will have little to crow about in the next election using such tactics.