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Axelrod defends suit on Ohio military voting law, calls Romney's stance 'shameful'
FoxNews.com ^ | August 05, 2012 | FoxNews.com

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 Romney’s 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.” “It’s 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 doesn’t 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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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: axelrod; militaryvote; obama; romney
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To: Qbert

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.


21 posted on 08/05/2012 11:25:49 AM PDT by ReaganÜberAlles
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To: Qbert
the boy and his whole regime are the absolute scum of the universe...
22 posted on 08/05/2012 11:44:55 AM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Mister Anderson
"Came across this picture of Axelrod's mother..."

I figured his mother was a jackal. I see the family resemblance.

23 posted on 08/05/2012 12:28:19 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

Website to pass to military veterans today:

http://soforamerica.org/


24 posted on 08/05/2012 12:39:58 PM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: Paladin2

I believe Axelrod would be the poster boy for the word Kapo, just my opinion.

Pass to military veterans:
http://soforamerica.org/


25 posted on 08/05/2012 12:42:10 PM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: mass55th

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.


26 posted on 08/05/2012 1:02:52 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Qbert

Willard could care less about our troops...

he just wants their votes...


27 posted on 08/05/2012 1:25:06 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana (Why should I vote for Bishop Romney when he hates me because I am a Christian)
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To: Tennessee Nana

You are a jerk! You have no basis for your comment.


28 posted on 08/05/2012 2:07:03 PM PDT by Gill (Gill)
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