| 00:00:00 | >> SUPPORT FOR THE STATEWIDE
BROADCAST FOR "THE STATE OF |
| 00:00:09 | OHIO" COMES FROM THE OFFICE --
AND FROM THE OHIO EDUCATION |
| 00:00:23 | ASSOCIATION, REPRESENTING 131
DOZEN TEACHERS, SUPPORT |
| 00:00:29 | PROFESSIONALS AND EDUCATION
FACULTY WHO ARE WORKING FOR |
| 00:00:31 | GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR EVERY
CHILD. |
| 00:00:32 | ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE STATE
OF OHIO IS MADE POSSIBLE BY |
| 00:00:38 | ETECH OHIO AND THE LOUVRE
RESOLVE FOUNDATION. |
| 00:00:43 | >> THE CAMPAIGNS MAKE THEIR
FINAL TRIP TO OHIO. |
| 00:00:46 | THE BATTLE OVER EARLY VOTING
REDESIGN. |
| 00:00:54 | THE SECOND PART OF THE
DISCUSSION IN TAX REFORM AND |
| 00:00:57 | OJAI -- WHEN WILL IT HAPPEN OR
SHOULD IT? |
| 00:00:59 | ALL THIS WEEK ON "THE STATE OF
OHIO." |
| 00:01:04 | POLITICAL JUNKIES ARE
TEMPORARILY TURN AWAY FROM THE |
| 00:01:06 | SWING STATE OF OHIO AND TO THE
SWING SET OF FLORIDA AS THE |
| 00:01:12 | REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
GETS UNDERWAY. |
| 00:01:14 | BUT THE REPUBLICAN TICKET HAD
ONE LAST TICKET -- ONE LAST TRIP |
| 00:01:16 | TO OHIO.
THE TRIP TO POWELL, ROMNEY |
| 00:01:29 | AND RYAN PITWERE IN OHIO ON
SEPARATE TRIPS. |
| 00:01:38 | PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA WAS AT
CAPITAL UNIVERSITY JUST EAST OF |
| 00:01:43 | DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS ON TUESDAY.
SPEAKING TO A CROWD ESTIMATED AT |
| 00:01:46 | MORE THAN 3000.
TWO NEW POLLS SHOWS THE RACE |
| 00:01:50 | REMAINS CLOSE IN OHIO.
ONE HAS OBAMA WITH A SIX-POINT |
| 00:01:58 | LEAD OVER A ROCK -- OVER ROMNEY
IN OHIO. |
| 00:02:02 | THE SPREAD IS EXACTLY THE SAME
AS THE POLL RELEASED ON AUGUST |
| 00:02:07 | 1.
IT ALSO SHOWS OBAMA LEADING IN |
| 00:02:09 | FLORIDA AND WISCONSIN, BUT BY
SMALLER MARGINS. |
| 00:02:13 | A FEW OTHER NODES -- INDEPENDENT
VOTERS IN OHIO FAVOR RUMMY 48%- |
| 00:02:20 | 43%.
BUT OBAMA HAS A 45% FAVORABILITY |
| 00:02:27 | SCORE WHILE ROMNEY HAS A 38%
READING. |
| 00:02:31 | AND THE POLL OF THE UNIVERSITY
OF CINCINNATI SHOWS THE TIGHT |
| 00:02:35 | END OF A TIGHTER.
OBAMA IS AT 49% TO ROMNEY'S 46%. |
| 00:02:43 | NEARLY ONE IN FIVE VOTERS SAY
THEY COULD STILL CHANGE THEIR |
| 00:02:47 | MINDS BEFORE EARLY VOTING STARTS
OR BEFORE ELECTION DAY. |
| 00:02:50 | THE POLLS ALSO MEASURED THE U.S.
SENATE RACE IN OHIO. |
| 00:02:53 | INCUMBENT DEMOCRAT SHARON BROWN
IS LEADING JOSH MANDEL 48%-41%. |
| 00:03:01 | BOTH CANDIDATES ARE IN A VIRTUAL
TIE WITH INDEPENDENT VOTERS. |
| 00:03:05 | THE OHIO POLL SHOWS THERE IS A
LOT CLOSER, WITH BROWN ONLY ONE |
| 00:03:09 | POINT AHEAD OF MANDEL.
BY THE WAY, THE CANDIDATES IN |
| 00:03:15 | THE SENATE RACE HAVE AGREED TO
THREE DEBATES THIS FALL, ONE |
| 00:03:18 | BEFORE THE CITY CLUB OF
CLEVELAND, ONE IN CITY CAN -- |
| 00:03:25 | ONE IN CINCINNATI AND ANOTHER IN
COLUMBUS. |
| 00:03:27 | I WILL BE THE MODERATOR AT THE
CITY CLUB DEBATE AND WILL BRING |
| 00:03:30 | YOU THE HIGHLIGHTS.
THE IMPORTANCE OF OHIO TO BOTH |
| 00:03:35 | CAMPAIGNS IS OBVIOUS WHEN YOU
LOOK AT THE SPEAKERS TO THE |
| 00:03:39 | CONVENTIONS.
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION PLANNERS |
| 00:03:41 | HAVE GOV. JOHN K. SICK AND ROB
PORTMAN. |
| 00:03:45 | CASE IT IS THE FRIDAY NIGHT
PORTION. |
| 00:03:51 | PORTMAN WHO HAD BEEN CONSIDERED
AS A RUNNING MATE IS ONE OF THE |
| 00:03:54 | SPEAKERS FOR THE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
SESSION. |
| 00:03:57 | PORTPORTMAN IS SCHEDULED TO SPEK
RIGHT AFTER JEB BUSH. |
| 00:04:06 | FORMER GOVERNOR TED STRICKLAND
WILL SPEAK AT THE DEMOCRATIC |
| 00:04:11 | NATIONAL CONVENTION IN CHARLOTTE
THE FOLLOWING WEEK. |
| 00:04:12 | THIS IS ANOTHER BIG WEEK IN
VOTING-RELATED NEWS AND |
| 00:04:17 | LAWSUITS.
LET'S BEGIN DID WITH AN ORDER |
| 00:04:21 | THAT WAS MEANT TO ADDRESS THE
DISPARITY IN HOURS BEFORE EARLY |
| 00:04:25 | VOTING ACROSS THE STATE.
SOME REPUBLICAN-LEANING COUNTIES |
| 00:04:31 | WERE OPEN -- WERE VOTING TO STAY
OPEN LATE WHILE DEMOCRATIC |
| 00:04:34 | COUNTIES WERE NOT.
HOUSTON HAD BEEN ASKED TO CAST |
| 00:04:37 | THE DECIDING VOTE, THE
REPUBLICANS WANTED TO STAY OPEN |
| 00:04:47 | EARLY.
HOUSTON'S ORDER ALLOWED |
| 00:04:51 | ELECTIONS TO OPEN FOR IN-PERSON
ABSENTEE VOTING MONDAY THROUGH |
| 00:04:54 | FRIDAY 8 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M. FOR
THE FIRST THREE WEEKS AND 8:00 |
| 00:05:00 | A.M. TO 7:00 P.M. FOR THE FINAL
TWO WEEKS. |
| 00:05:02 | TO DEMOCRATS ON THE MONTGOMERY
COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS VOTED |
| 00:05:06 | TO EXTEND HOURS BEYOND THOSE
THAT HOUSTON'S DIRECTIVE. |
| 00:05:09 | TWO WERE SUMMONED FOR A
HEARING IN FACE REMOVAL FROM THE |
| 00:05:19 | BOARD.
THE SUSPENSION WAS TEMPORARILY |
| 00:05:22 | LIFTED AND REINSTATED.
THE REINSTATEMENT TO NEEDED FOR |
| 00:05:28 | THE DATE AND DAIRY BOARD TO
CONTINUE ITS WORK TO MEET |
| 00:05:31 | STATUTORY DEADLINES.
THIS WEEK, LIEBERMAN EXPLAINED |
| 00:05:38 | WHY HE HAD VOTED TO EXTEND EARLY
VOTING HOURS EVEN AFTER THE |
| 00:05:43 | SECRETARY OF STATE'S DIRECTIVE
WAS ISSUED. |
| 00:05:46 | >> I LOOKED AT THE DIRECTIVE AND
IT REFERRED TO REGULAR BUSINESS |
| 00:05:48 | HOURS, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
IT DID NOT ADDRESSED ANYWHERE IN |
| 00:05:53 | THAT DIRECTIVE WHAT MONTGOMERY
COUNTY ALREADY HAD ESTABLISHES, |
| 00:06:00 | WHICH WERE ALSO WEAKENED HOURS.
IT DID NOT MENTION -- WHICH WERE |
| 00:06:12 | ALSO WEEKEND HOURS.
IT DID NOT MENTION IT. |
| 00:06:16 | SO WE MOVE TO THE DIRECTIVE AND
MOVE UNDER THE DIRECTIVES HOURS |
| 00:06:22 | DURING MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
AND WE WOULD KEEP WHAT WE |
| 00:06:28 | ALREADY DO ON THE WEEKEND.
THERE IS NO DIRECTIVE EXCLUDING |
| 00:06:32 | ME FROM DOING THAT.
SO I BELIEVE AND I STILL BELIEVE |
| 00:06:36 | THAT I WAS WITHIN THE LEGAL
RIGHT TO DO THAT. |
| 00:06:40 | >> BUT IN AN INTERVIEW WITH ME
THIS WEEK, HOUSTON SAID HE DOES |
| 00:06:44 | NOT BUY THAT.
BUT WELL, FIRST OF ALL, IF THAT |
| 00:06:47 | IS THE CASE, HE IS THE ONLY ONE
IN OHIO WHO THOUGHT THAT. |
| 00:06:50 | THE HEADLINES IN THE NEWSPAPERS
IN THE STATE SAID EXPANDED |
| 00:06:54 | HOURS, THE NEW WEEKEND VOTING.
IT WAS VERY CLEAR. |
| 00:06:57 | THOSE THE KINDS OF THINGS -- WE
DID NOT CONFUSE THE ISSUE. |
| 00:07:02 | THAT IS CLEAR.
BUT WE WANT TO TAKE A STEP BACK. |
| 00:07:05 | WE HAVE A QUESTION, OHIO.
WILL WE HAVE BEEN FOR -- WE HAVE |
| 00:07:12 | UNIFORM HOURS OR WWILL WE
HAVE BEACH COUNTY DO THEIR OWN? |
| 00:07:21 | I STARTED TO ESTABLISH THIS
PRINCIPLE OF UNIFORM A LAST YEAR |
| 00:07:23 | WHEN I TOOK THE STEP TO SAY THAT
WE SHOULD NOT HAVE SOME COUNTIES |
| 00:07:30 | SENDING OUT ABSENTEE BALLOTS TO
VOTERS AND OTHERS NOT. |
| 00:07:33 | FOR THIS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION,
WE WILL HAVE THE SAME RULES FOR |
| 00:07:38 | A RECENT COUNTY.
THEY WILL HAVE MORE THAN 750 |
| 00:07:41 | HOURS OF WHICH TO VOTE FROM HOME
IF THEY CHOOSE TO USE THAT |
| 00:07:44 | OPTION APPEARED MAKE IT EASY AND
SIMPLE AND FAIR ACROSS THE |
| 00:07:47 | BOARD.
AS WE HEADED INTO THIS ELECTION |
| 00:07:51 | SEASON, THE ISSUE WAS THAT SOME
BOARDS WERE ESTABLISHING |
| 00:07:56 | DIFFERENT HOURS.
I KEPT TRUE TO MY PRINCIPAL OF |
| 00:08:00 | UNIFORMITY IN BREAKING BALL OF
THE TIES IN THE SAME WAY, |
| 00:08:04 | MEANING THAT I WOULD SAY
THAT, IF THE LOCAL BOARD COULD |
| 00:08:11 | NOT AGREE, I WOULD MAKE UNIFORM
HOURS. |
| 00:08:14 | THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE WHO DID
NOT LIKE THAT. |
| 00:08:18 | THEY SAID YOU WOULD CREATE THE
TEACHING -- UNEQUAL ACCESS TO |
| 00:08:22 | THE POLLS, WHICH IS THE WAY IT
HAS BEEN IN OHIO SINCE EARLY |
| 00:08:27 | VOTING STARTED.
THAT IS A PRINCIPLE THAT I AGREE |
| 00:08:35 | WITH.
WE SHOULD HAVE UNIFORM |
| 00:08:37 | STANDARDS.
I TOOK STEPS TO MAKE SURE THAT |
| 00:08:39 | IT WAS LEGAL FOR ME TO SET
UNIFORM STANDARDS, TALK TO THE |
| 00:08:43 | BOARD ABOUT WHAT WOULD BE GOOD
HOURS TO ESTABLISH EARLY VOTING, |
| 00:08:48 | AND THEN CAST A DIRECTIVE THAT
SAID WE WOULD HAVE THE SAME |
| 00:08:50 | WORLD ACROSS THE STAGE FOR
EARLY INVESTORS IN VOTING. |
| 00:08:55 | IT WOULD BE FROM 8:00 A.M. TO
5:00 P.M. THE FIRST THREE WEEKS, |
| 00:08:59 | 8:00 A.M. TO 8 -- 8:00 A.M. TO
7:00 P.M. THE LAST TWO WEEKS, |
| 00:09:03 | WHICH WOULD BE SEVERAL HOURS FOR
EARLY VOTING, NOT EVEN INCLUDING |
| 00:09:13 | INFECTELECTION DAY.
BUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING WAS THAT |
| 00:09:21 | MONTGOMERY COUNTY WAS SAYING,
HUGH KNOW WHAT, WE DON'T CARE |
| 00:09:25 | WHAT THE LAWS ARE.
WE DON'T CARE WHAT THE RULES |
| 00:09:27 | ARE.
WE WANT TO HAVE OUR OWN |
| 00:09:29 | STANDARDS AND THAT IS THE VOTE
THAT THE CAST. |
| 00:09:30 | WE WANT TO LEAVE IN PLACE ARE
EXTENDED HOURS IN VIOLATION OF |
| 00:09:35 | THE DIRECTIVE OF STATE LAW.
>> WHEN YOU GOT INVOLVED IN THE |
| 00:09:40 | DEMOCRATIC COUNTIES WHERE YOU
WERE ASKED TO DO SO, YOU CAST |
| 00:09:51 | VOTES WITH THE REPUBLICANS.
>> NO, I CAST VOTES FOR UNIFORM |
| 00:09:55 | HOURS.
I ANNOUNCED THAT WITH MY |
| 00:09:58 | POSITION WAY BACK IN JUNE OF
THIS YEAR BY SAID, YOU CAN SET |
| 00:10:02 | YOUR OWN HOURS.
IN THE ABSENCE OF ESTABLISHING A |
| 00:10:07 | CONSENSUS IN YOUR OWN COUNTY, I
WOULD BREAK ALL TIES THE SAME |
| 00:10:11 | WAY, WHICH WAS IN FAVOR OF A
UNIFORM STANDARD HOURS OF |
| 00:10:15 | OPERATION.
I WAS CONSISTENT ALL THE WAY |
| 00:10:17 | THROUGH.
>> OF COURSE, THERE WERE THE |
| 00:10:19 | OTHER COUNTIES WHO VOTED TO
EXTEND HOURS WERE YOU WERE NOT |
| 00:10:22 | ASKED TO STEP 10.
SO THOSE COUNTIES DID HAVE |
| 00:10:25 | EXTENDED HOURS UP UNTIL YOU
HANDED OUT THE DIRECTIVE. |
| 00:10:29 | >> I GET, IT IS NOT RIGHT.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT IT IS |
| 00:10:33 | NOT TO HAVE DIFFERENT HOURS IN
DIFFERENT COUNTIES. |
| 00:10:36 | THAT IS A DISTANT -- THAT IS A
PRINCIPAL THAT I HAVE STOOD FOR |
| 00:10:42 | SINCE I BECAME SECRETARY OF
STATE. |
| 00:10:45 | THOSE LOCAL BOARDS OF ELECTIONS
CAN DISAGREE WITH EVERYTHING |
| 00:10:49 | THAT I SAY AND DO AND THEY ARE
FREE TO EXPRESS THEIR |
| 00:10:51 | DIFFERENCES OF OPINION.
BUT THEY'RE NOT FREE TO BREAK |
| 00:10:54 | THE LAW.
YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW THE LAW. |
| 00:10:56 | >> THIS IDEA OF UNIFORMITY, IT
ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE SAYING |
| 00:11:00 | THAT IT IS FAIR IF IT IS
UNIFORM, BUT YOU HAVE COUNTIES |
| 00:11:05 | HAVE MORE PROVISIONAL BALLOTS
THAN OTHERS. |
| 00:11:08 | >> YOU CANNOT TAKE BOTH SIDES OF
THE ARGUMENT. |
| 00:11:10 | YOU CAN SAY YOU ARE FOR FAIRNESS
AND UNIFORMITY WHERE YOU CAN SEE |
| 00:11:14 | THAT YOU ARE FOR LOCAL CONTROL.
I SAID THAT I BELIEVE THAT WE |
| 00:11:17 | SHOULD HAVE THE SAME STANDARD
ACROSS THE STATE COULD I STAND |
| 00:11:20 | BY THAT.
I BELIEVE MOST PEOPLE IT IS |
| 00:11:25 | FAIRNESS.
IT IS NOT ABOUT COUNTIES, IT IS |
| 00:11:28 | ABOUT VOTERS BEING TREATED THE
SAME COUNTY-TO-COUNTY COULD YOU |
| 00:11:33 | CANNOT LET THE TEARS IN DELAWARE
COUNTY AND FRANKLIN COUNTY VOTE |
| 00:11:37 | BY DIFFERENT STANDARDS AND HAVE
ANYONE THINK IT IS FAIR. |
| 00:11:39 | SO THE ISSUE OF FAIRNESS, I
BELIEVE, CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED |
| 00:11:44 | BY CREATING A UNIFORM STANDARD
ACROSS THE STATE. |
| 00:11:46 | >> SO UNIFORM STANDARDS FOR
EVERYBODY IS FAIR IT IN YOUR |
| 00:11:51 | OPINION.
>> YES. |
| 00:11:53 | >> BUT THERE ARE VOTERS WHO
THINK IT IS NOT FAIR AT ALL. |
| 00:11:54 | AMONG THEM, HOUSE MINORITY
LEADER OF SUBURBAN CLEVELAND |
| 00:12:04 | WHO, FOR EXAMPLE, NOTES THAT 933
VOTERS CAST IN-PERSON BALLOTS |
| 00:12:08 | EARLY AT THE JACKSON COUNTY
BOARD OF ELECTIONS. |
| 00:12:15 | MORE THAN 54,000 CAST IN-PERSON
BALLOTS IN ANOTHER COUNTY. |
| 00:12:24 | SINCE THE SENATE IS NOT
SCHEDULED TO BE IN SESSION |
| 00:12:28 | BEFORE EARLY VOTING BEGINS, IT
WILL CERTAINLY NOT GO ANYWHERE. |
| 00:12:33 | OTHER DEMOCRATS ARE ANGRY WITH
HOUSTON, NOT ONLY ABOUT THE |
| 00:12:37 | DIRECTIVE, BUT ABOUT A MOVE THAT
CAME LAST WEEK JUST BEFORE HE |
| 00:12:39 | ANNOUNCED THAT ORDER.
AT LAST WEEK'S BALLOT BOARD |
| 00:12:43 | MEETING, HE SAID THAT THE REPEAL
OF THE CONTROVERSIAL PACKAGE OF |
| 00:12:48 | LAW CHANGES, HOUSE BILL 194,
WOULD NOT BE ON THIS FALL'S |
| 00:12:52 | BALLOT.
THE REASON WAS THE STATE |
| 00:12:54 | LAWMAKERS THEMSELVES HAVE
REPEALED HOUSE LAW 194 ON THE |
| 00:13:00 | SAME DAY THAT THE BOARD MET.
BUT THE NEW LAW INCLUDES SOME |
| 00:13:03 | CHANGES THAT OPPONENTS OF HOUSE
BILL 194 DON'T LIKE, INCLUDING |
| 00:13:07 | THE ELIMINATION OF THE FINAL
THREE DAYS OF EARLY VOTING ON |
| 00:13:16 | BEFORE THE ELECTION.
JENNIFER BRUNNER HIS THE CHAIR |
| 00:13:21 | OF A GROUP AND WAS THE
DEMOCRATIC SECRETARY OF STATE |
| 00:13:24 | BEFORE HOUSTON WAS ELECTED TO
THAT OFFICE IN 2010. |
| 00:13:27 | SHE SAYS HER GROUP WILL NOW
FIGHT BACK IN COURT. |
| 00:13:30 | >> ASIDE FROM THE ARGUMENTS OF
THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT AND WHAT |
| 00:13:36 | EQUALITY REALLY IS IN VOTING,
THERE IS A HUGE PROCEDURAL |
| 00:13:41 | STATE AND FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL
ISSUE THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE |
| 00:13:44 | WAY THAT EARLY VOTING WAS CUT
OFF IN TERMS OF NO WEEKEND |
| 00:13:50 | VOTING.
HERE'S THE SCENARIO. |
| 00:13:51 | IT IS ELEGANTLY SIMPLE.
HOUSE BILL 194 WOULD HAVE CUT |
| 00:13:56 | OFF WEEKEND VOTING FOR THE TWO
WEEKS OF THE FIRST 35 DAYS OF |
| 00:14:05 | ABSENTEE VOTING BECAUSE IT SHORT
IN VOTING TO 21 DAYS. |
| 00:14:07 | IT WOULD HAVE ALSO CUT OUT
SUNDAY VOTING SATURDAY AFTERNOON |
| 00:14:10 | VOTING BY LAW.
WHEN SECRETARY HOUSTON, ON THE |
| 00:14:16 | SAME DAY THAT HOUSE THE 194 WAS
OFFICIALLY REPEALED AND THAT HE |
| 00:14:21 | REFUSED TO PUT THAT ISSUE ON THE
BALLOT, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A |
| 00:14:24 | CONSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENT TO DO
SO, BY FIAT, BY DIRECTIVE, HE |
| 00:14:30 | CUT OFF WEAKEN VOTING AND COME
IN EFFECT, ENACTED PORTIONS OF |
| 00:14:34 | HOUSE BILL 194 AFTER HE DENIED
THE PEOPLE OF OHIO THE ABILITY |
| 00:14:37 | TO TAKE THAT ISSUE TO THE
BALLOT, TO GIVE THEM A SAY ABOUT |
| 00:14:42 | IT.
>> BUT STATE BILL 194 WAS |
| 00:14:47 | REPEALED BY LAWMAKERS AND DID
NOT NEED TO BE ON THE BALLOT. |
| 00:14:50 | >> IT DOES NOT MATTER.
THE RIGHT OF REFERENDUM IS NOT A |
| 00:14:53 | RIGHT THAT THE SUPREME COURT OR
THE LEGISLATURE OR ANYBODY OF |
| 00:14:58 | GOVERNMENT CAN TAKE AWAY.
THEY SAY IN ARTICLE 2 THAT WE |
| 00:15:04 | RESERVE THE RIGHT TO A
REFERENDUM. |
| 00:15:06 | WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO APPROVE
OR REJECT ANY LAW THAT THE |
| 00:15:09 | GENERAL ASSEMBLY PASSES IF WE GO
THROUGH THE PROCESS A REFERENDUM |
| 00:15:13 | COULD AND DECEMBER 9, 2011,
SECRETARY HOUSTON CERTIFIED THE |
| 00:15:17 | REFERENDUM ON HOUSE BILL 194 TO
THE BALLOT. |
| 00:15:20 | THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO CAN REMOVE
THAT FROM THE BALLOT OR THE |
| 00:15:23 | PETITION COMMITTEE AND THE HAVE
NOT DONE SO. |
| 00:15:24 | >> WITH REGARD TO THE DIRECTIVE
IN TERMS OF UNIFORMITY AND THE |
| 00:15:31 | SECRETARY OF STATE ISSUED TO
THIS DIRECTIVE WHERE HE SAYS |
| 00:15:32 | THAT FOR A FIRST TIME EVERYBODY
WILL OPERATE AND THE SAME VOTING |
| 00:15:35 | HOURS AT THE SAME RULES, THAT I
GIVE UNIFORMLY SEEMS THAT IT |
| 00:15:39 | WOULD MEAN FAIRNESS AND THAT
EVERYBODY GETS AN EQUAL CHANCE |
| 00:15:41 | TO VOTE.
WHY IS IT NOT FAIR IN YOUR |
| 00:15:44 | OPINION?
>> EVEN JOHN STEWART ON COMEDY |
| 00:15:47 | CENTRAL SAID AT LEAST HE MADE IT
UNIFORM. |
| 00:15:53 | BUT UNIFORM IS NOT ALWAYS
SUBSTANTIVELY UNIFORM. |
| 00:15:57 | TAKE FRIGG'S INSTANCE -- TO FOR
EXAMPLE THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT IN |
| 00:16:01 | THE STATE OF ALABAMA AND OTHER
STATES IN THE SOUTH. |
| 00:16:03 | THEY LITERALLY HAVE TO SUBMIT
ANY LAW CHANGES TO THE JUSTICE |
| 00:16:09 | DEPARTMENT FOR APPROVAL BEFORE
THEY CAN GO FOR MAKING CHANGES |
| 00:16:11 | TO THEIR VOTING LAWS.
WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT HERE IN |
| 00:16:14 | OHIO THE REASON IS THAT SOME
GROUPS ARE COMING BACK FROM A |
| 00:16:18 | LOT FURTHER RAISED TOWARD A
LEVEL PLAYING FIELD. |
| 00:16:21 | THEY NEED TO BE GIVEN EXTRA
ASSISTANCE, EXTRACTS IS QUITE |
| 00:16:27 | TRUE ABILITY TO BE EQUAL WITH
EVERYONE ELSE. |
| 00:16:29 | BY HIM SAYING THAT WE WILL
CONFORM ALL OF OUR ELECTIONS LAW |
| 00:16:35 | PRACTICES AND WHAT WILL WORK IN
BENTON COUNTY OR MORGAN COUNTY, |
| 00:16:38 | WHICH SHOWED THE SMALLEST AND
LEAST POPULATED COUNTIES IN THE |
| 00:16:42 | STATE OF OHIO, HE ESSENTIALLY
TILTED THE PLAYING FIELD AWAY |
| 00:16:46 | FROM MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS
EQUALITY FOR SOME FOLKS, |
| 00:16:49 | ESPECIALLY IN THE URBAN AREAS,
WHO HAVE MORE DIFFICULTY GETTING |
| 00:16:52 | ACCESS TO DIFFICULT -- TO
VOTING. |
| 00:16:55 | >> A VOTER IN OHIO HAS TWO
HUNDRED 30 HOURS TO VOTE IN |
| 00:16:59 | PERSON UNDER WHAT IS HAPPENING
RIGHT NOW OCCURRED 750 HOURS TO |
| 00:17:02 | VOTE FROM HOME.
AND ALL THEY ON ELECTION DAY. |
| 00:17:05 | ISN'T THAT ENOUGH?
>> IS BIGGER YOU MEANT THAT HE |
| 00:17:12 | IS SENDING OUT ABSENTEE BALLOT
PUBLICATIONS TO EVERY REGISTERED |
| 00:17:16 | VOTER THAT IS ACTIVE IN THE
STATE OF OHIO. |
| 00:17:19 | THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THAT
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT FEEL |
| 00:17:21 | COMFORTABLE PUTTING A BALLOT IN
THE MAIL AND NOT KNOWING WHAT |
| 00:17:25 | HAPPENS TO IT.
THEY WANT TO TOUCH, SEE AND FEEL |
| 00:17:28 | THEIR BALLOT HANDED OFF TO
SOMEONE OR PUSH THAT BUTTON IN |
| 00:17:31 | THE PRESENCE OF ELECTION
OFFICIALS TO KNOW THAT THEIR |
| 00:17:35 | VOTE IS ACTUALLY THERE AT THE
BOARD OF ELECTIONS. |
| 00:17:36 | AND THERE ARE SOME NEW WAYS AND
ABSENTEE BALLOTS COULD BE DEEMED |
| 00:17:42 | TO BE INVALID AND IT HAPPENS.
IF SOMEONE BY ACCIDENT PUTS THE |
| 00:17:47 | CURRENT YEAR INSTEAD OF THE YEAR
OF THEIR BIRTH ON THEIR RETURN |
| 00:17:51 | ENVELOPE, IT WILL NOT BE
COUNTED. |
| 00:17:53 | IT WILL NEVER BE A VOTE -- IT
WILL NEVER BE OPENED AND IT WILL |
| 00:17:57 | NEVER BE COUNTED.
SOME PEOPLE FEAEL BETTER KNOWING |
| 00:18:04 | THEY HANDED OFF TO SOMEONE.
>> THERE IS STILL THE SUIT FILED |
| 00:18:07 | BY DEMOCRATS IN THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION OVER THE |
| 00:18:11 | ELIMINATION OF THE FINAL THREE
DAYS OF EARLY VOTING COULD ADD |
| 00:18:14 | THE JUDGE IS STILL DECIDING
THAT. |
| 00:18:16 | HIS DECISION COULD AFFECT
HOUSTON'S DIRECTIVE AND POSSIBLY |
| 00:18:19 | THIS NEW LAWSUIT.
AND THERE IS ANOTHER LAWSUIT |
| 00:18:25 | RELATED TO THE BALLOT FIRED --
FILED BY BACKERS OF THE |
| 00:18:29 | AMENDMENT TO PRETTY CITIZENS
COMMISSION TO DRAW DISTRICTS FOR |
| 00:18:32 | STATE AND FEDERAL LAWMAKERS
FEARED THE LANGUAGE ON THEIR |
| 00:18:35 | AMENDMENT, WHICH WOULD BE ISSUED
TO, WOULD BE MISLEADING AND |
| 00:18:40 | CONFUSING BECAUSE THEY SAY IT
DOES NOT MENTION THE COMMISSION |
| 00:18:42 | AND DOES NOT STATE THAT
DISTRICTS NEED TO BE COMPETITIVE |
| 00:18:45 | AND REFLECTIVE OF THE STATE'S
POLITICAL BALANCE. |
| 00:18:47 | REPUBLICAN AND CONSERVATIVE
GROUPS HAVE BEEN FIGHTING THAT |
| 00:18:51 | AMENDMENT, CITING
ACCOUNTABILITY, FUNDING AND |
| 00:18:54 | ELIGIBILITY RULES.
IN THE MIDST OF ALL OF THIS, A |
| 00:18:57 | QUOTE CAME FROM THE FEIST, A
MEMBER OF THE FRANKLIN COUNTY |
| 00:19:04 | BOARD OF ELECTIONS, A CLOSE ALLY
OF GOV. CASIK. |
| 00:19:09 | IT INCLUDES A THIS SENTENCE BY
PRICE TO THE NEWSPAPER. |
| 00:19:19 | "I GUESS I REALLY ACTUALLY FEEL
WE SHOULDN'T CONTORT THE VOTING |
| 00:19:23 | PROCESS TO ACCOMMODATE THE
URBAN RE: AFRICAN-AMERICAN |
| 00:19:30 | TURNOUT VOTER MACHINE."
OF THAT HAS GONE A LOT OF |
| 00:19:32 | ATTENTION IN OHIO AND
NATIONALLY. |
| 00:19:36 | I HAVE TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE
QUOTE FROM THE PRICE. |
| 00:19:42 | >> I GUESS WE FEEL WE SHOULDN'T
CONTORT THE PROCESS --" THAT HAS |
| 00:19:50 | BEEN READ AS A DIRECT ACCOUNT
TO KEEP VOTERS WERE SUPPORTERS |
| 00:19:59 | OF OBAMA TO KEEP FROM VOTING.
>> I DISAGREE WITH MR. PRICE'S |
| 00:20:05 | COMMENTS.
I THINK WE NEED TO BE SENSITIVE |
| 00:20:07 | TO ALL VOTERS AND CERTAINLY
RESPECT THE HISTORY THAT |
| 00:20:12 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTERS HAVE
BEEN DISCRIMINATED AGAINST |
| 00:20:15 | DURING AMERICAN HISTORY, DURING
THE COURSE OF HISTORY, AND |
| 00:20:19 | TREATED POORLY.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE -- AND |
| 00:20:22 | FRANKLY, THAT IS WHY EQUALITY IN
THIS DISCUSSION, UNIFORMITY, |
| 00:20:26 | MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS
TREATED THE SAME, WHETHER YOU'RE |
| 00:20:30 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN, HISPANIC OR
CAUCASIAN, THE RULES ARE A |
| 00:20:33 | LESSON FOR EVERYBODY AND WE
SHOULD FOCUS ON THAT ASPECT OF |
| 00:20:36 | IT.
WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT |
| 00:20:40 | SENSITIVITIES OF DIFFERENT
GROUPS WHO HAVE BEEN |
| 00:20:42 | TRADITIONALLY DISCRIMINATED
AGAINST. |
| 00:20:43 | >> PRICE HAS REPORTEDLY TOLD
SOME MEDIA OUTLETS THAT THE |
| 00:20:48 | COMMENTS WERE OFF THE RECORD.
I ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD DISCUSS |
| 00:20:53 | IT ON THIS SHOW.
AND HE SAID IN A MUSTANG "JUST |
| 00:20:58 | STICKING BY MY STATEMENT FOR
NOW." |
| 00:21:00 | TAX REVENUES FOR JULY CAME IN 5%
ABOVE ESTIMATES. |
| 00:21:10 | THAT IS LEADING STATE BUDGET
EXPERTS TO PREDICT A SURPLUS. |
| 00:21:13 | THAT LEADS TO THE CONCLUSION
THAT TAX CHANGES COULD BE IN THE |
| 00:21:17 | WORKS, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE
GOVERNOR HAS LONG WANTED TO CUT |
| 00:21:21 | OR TOTALLY LIMIT THE STATE
INCOME TAX. |
| 00:21:22 | BUT THERE ARE ABOUT $7 BILLION
WORTH OF EXEMPTIONS IN THE STATE |
| 00:21:27 | TAX CODE THAT THE ADMINISTRATION
IS REPORTEDLY LOOKING INTO, |
| 00:21:32 | INCLUDING INCOME TAX EXEMPTIONS
FOR SPOUSES AND DEPENDENTS AND |
| 00:21:38 | FOREIGN TV AND CABLE
INSTALLATION FOR CHURCHES AND |
| 00:21:43 | PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
THE GOVERNOR HAS ALSO SUGGESTED |
| 00:21:51 | TAX RELIEF FOR SOME COMPANIES.
THE COMMISSION DIRECTIONS -- THE |
| 00:21:59 | COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR FOR
HIRE, HERE IS THE SECOND PART OF |
| 00:22:02 | OUR CONVERSATION.
>> WITH THE ENVIRONMENT THE WAY |
| 00:22:04 | THAT IT IS, YOU HAVE SOME FOLKS
LIKE KEVIN'S YOUR SAYING THAT WE |
| 00:22:08 | NEED TAX REFORM NOW.
YOU HAVE OTHER FOLKS SAYING NOW |
| 00:22:13 | IS NOT THE TIME FOR TAX REFORM
WHEN SCHOOLS AND LOCAL |
| 00:22:15 | GOVERNMENTS ARE REALLY HURTING
FOR MONEY. |
| 00:22:16 | WHAT DO YOU THINK THE APPETITE
IS LIKE FOR TAX REFORM? |
| 00:22:22 | NOT HERE AT THE STATE LEVEL BUT
ALSO AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL THAT |
| 00:22:26 | YOU HAVE THE FISCAL CLIFF COMING
AT THE END OF THE YEAR THAT |
| 00:22:29 | NOBODY IN CONGRESS SEEMED TO BE
DOING ANYTHING ABOUT AT THE |
| 00:22:32 | MOMENT OTHER THAN TALKING ABOUT
IT. |
| 00:22:34 | WHAT WILL HAPPEN?
>> BUT THINK IT IS A MIXED BAG. |
| 00:22:37 | POLITICALLY, IT IS A TOUGH SELL.
I THINK IT IS CRITICAL TO HAVE |
| 00:22:43 | THE DISCUSSION AMONGST
POLICYMAKERS FOR A NUMBER OF |
| 00:22:45 | REASONS.
NUMBER ONE, TAKE CONTROL OF THE |
| 00:22:50 | NATIONAL SITUATION.
TAXES GO UP IF THAT IS NOT |
| 00:22:53 | RESOLVED, THERE WILL BE BIG
IMPACT. |
| 00:22:54 | HE CAN NOT CONTROL THE OHIO
STATE TAX STRUCTURE. |
| 00:23:01 | WE NEED A COMPETITIVE TAX
STRUCTURE SO WE CAN CONTINUE |
| 00:23:07 | WHATEVER SUCCESS WE HAVE HAD.
WE HAVE BEEN DIGGING A HOLE OUT |
| 00:23:10 | OF A LARGE HOLE OVER THE LAST
FEW YEARS. |
| 00:23:12 | WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON WHAT WE CAN
CONTROL AND GETTING THE MOST |
| 00:23:19 | COMPETITIVE TAX STRUCTURE SO
THAT, WHATEVER HAPPENS NATURALLY |
| 00:23:24 | -- YOUR INTERNATIONALLY, OHIO IS
BETTER POSITIONED TO TAKE A |
| 00:23:26 | VANTAGE -- WHATEVER HAPPENS
NATIONALLY OR REGIONALLY OR |
| 00:23:34 | INTERNATIONAL, OHIO IS BETTER
POSITIONED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE. |
| 00:23:38 | >> WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO ASK IS
MIDDLE INCOME FOLKS TO DO IS TO |
| 00:23:45 | PAY FOR TAX CUTS FOR PEOPLE AT
THE TOP. |
| 00:23:47 | THAT IS WHAT THE GOVERNOR WANTS
TO CONTINUE TO DO. |
| 00:23:49 | IT IS KILLING OUR CITIES.
IT IS KILLING OUR ACCOUNTINGS. |
| 00:23:54 | IT IS KILLING MIDDLE INCOME
FOLKS. |
| 00:23:56 | THEY CANNOT TAKE MUCH MORE.
WE HAVE A NEW REFORM PLAN |
| 00:23:59 | SUPPOSEDLY WITH THE CLEVELAND
SCHOOLS. |
| 00:24:03 | THE GOVERNOR SAYS THAT HE IS ALL
FOR THE PLAN, ALL FOR THE |
| 00:24:06 | REFORM, BUT HE WILL NOT COMMIT A
DIME OF STATE MONEY TO IT. |
| 00:24:09 | HE WANTS PEOPLE EARNING AN
AVERAGE OF 20 TWO THOUSAND |
| 00:24:13 | DOLLARS A YEAR TO INCREASE THEIR
PROPERTY TAXES BY 50% TO PAY FOR |
| 00:24:17 | IT.
THIS IS NOT RIGHT. |
| 00:24:19 | IT IS NOT FAIR AND IT WILL NOT
WORK. |
| 00:24:22 | >> ON THE SEVERANCE TAX PLAN,
THERE HAS BEEN NO MOVEMENT |
| 00:24:25 | RECENTLY AT THE STATE HAS
PRODUCED SEVERAL GROUPS HAVE |
| 00:24:27 | WEIGHED IN ON IT.
THE PROGRESSIVE-LEANING RESEARCH |
| 00:24:31 | GROUP POLICY MATTERS OHIO SAYS
THAT IT SHOULD BE STRENGTHENED. |
| 00:24:35 | AND A 5% SEVERANCE TAX RATE
COULD GENERATE SEVEN BUT A |
| 00:24:43 | BILLION DOLLAR TWO YEARS WITH
ANOTHER HALF PERCENT BRINGING IN |
| 00:24:45 | ANOTHER $9 MILLION.
THE GROUP SAID IT IS NOT ENOUGH. |
| 00:24:50 | YOU CAN READ THAT REPORT FROM
MAY AT POLICY MATTERS OHIO THA |
| 00:24:59 | -- AT POLICYMATTERSOHIO.ORG.
THEY SAY THAT THE GOVERNOR'S |
| 00:25:09 | INCOME TAXES THE HIGHEST IN
AMERICA. |
| 00:25:14 | THEY SAY THAT -- THAT IS IT FOR
THIS WEEK. |
| 00:25:21 | THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.
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