Posted on 08/05/2012 9:09:56 AM PDT by Qbert
Top Obama campaign adviser David Axelrod on Sunday defended Democrats lawsuit challenging an Ohio law on early voting for U.S. service members and called Mitt Romneys portrayal of the case shameful.
The Obama campaign and the Democratic National Committee filed the suit to block a new state law allowing men and women in uniform to vote up until the Monday right before an election, while the cutoff on early voting for the rest of the public is three days earlier.
The way Gov. Romney stated [the situation] is completely false, Axelrod said on Fox News Sunday. Its shameful that Gov. Romney would hide behind our service men and women.
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President Obama's lawsuit claiming it is unconstitutional for Ohio to allow servicemen and women extended early voting privileges during the state's early voting period is an outrage, Romney said Saturday.
Obama campaign officials said the suit doesnt attempt to restrict the voting rights of military members. The officials said they filed the suit to try to even the playing field for all Ohio voters by allowing early voting up until Monday for everyone, including members of the military, because they believe a two-tiered, early-voting process is unfair.
Alexrod repeated that point Sunday and suggested Republicans continue to try to find ways to keep shrinking the voting population.
The National Guard Association and other military groups are firing back, saying it's "offensive" for Democrats to suggest in the suit it's arbitrary for service members to get special consideration.
Men and women in uniform typically get more time than other voters to send in absentee ballots since they may be serving in an overseas or domestic location that is not close to their home polling station.
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The Rat traitors know they have really stepped in it a la Gore in 2000 trying to disallow the military absentee ballots.
Romney needs to get ads up about this throughout the nation.
I figured his mother was a jackal. I see the family resemblance.
I believe Axelrod would be the poster boy for the word Kapo, just my opinion.
Pass to military veterans:
http://soforamerica.org/
My suggestion to Harry Reid is that if he wants to continue down this road he needs to make his accusations while standing on the grave of his mother in the dog cemetery in Searchlight, NV.
Willard could care less about our troops...
he just wants their votes...
You are a jerk! You have no basis for your comment.
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