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Our Secretary of State has been put through the mill this election year. Jennifer Brunner has worked harder than any Secretary of State, in my memory, to ensure that this state has no election fraud that we witnessed in 2000 and 2004.

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Now, to make matters worse, a Columbus man has been charged Friday, with making a telephone death threat to Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner.

The State Highway Patrol says Dana McArtor was charged Friday with intimidation. Brunner spokesman Jeff Ortega says the call last Friday threatened to kill the secretary of state. Her office says it has been inundated with threats during a busy season of voter lawsuits and alleged registration irregularities. The 51-year-old Columbus man remains jailed. He is to be arraigned Saturday.

Hang in there Ms. Brunner. We only have little over a week to go. Stay safe. Many of us are pleased with your extraordinary effort – you have made this election year – to correct many of the problems that have plagued this state for so long.