Ohio Republican Admits His Actions Suppress The Black Vote

By Alan with comments August 19, 2012 11:42

Doug Preisse, Franklin County Republican Chairman, voted to block Democratic efforts to expand voting hours. In an email to the Columbus Dispatch he wrote, “I guess I really actually feel we shouldn’t contort the voting process to accommodate the urban — read African-American — voter-turnout machine.”  Preisse reacted to Ohio Democratic Chairman Chris Redfern calling this unfair as “bullshit. Quote me!”