Ohio House Lame-Duckocrats Resist Supporting our Troops & Restoring Voting Integrity

In what many think would be a lame-duck session - it appears the House Republicans are rolling their sleeves up and getting some good legislation passed.

Passed (54-42) was a bill that would give bonuses to soldiers who served in the Persian Gulf, Iraq and Afghanistan. Pretty much a no-brainer right? Nope - the democrats are mad the Republicans want to pay for the bonuses with money that we currently have. The democrats - allergic to pay as you go - want to sell bonds.

In what would have appeared to be a bi-partisan olive branch, the Republicans offered help to SOS Brunnehilda in cleaning up the election laws she was complaining about. Plus they also wanted to restore integrity in the voting process by eliminating the "Anyone Can Vote Week" (AKA - Golden Week).

From the PD

The bill would eliminate a "Golden Week" window in which citizens can register to vote and cast absentee votes at the same time. It would push the start of early voting from 35 days before the election to 20 days and require absentee voters to fully complete ballot envelope statements to be counted. Election observers would also be allowed to watch voting at all times.

House Speaker Jon Husted, a Dayton-area Republican, told reporters the bill was merely intended to implement recent Supreme Court rulings as well as clean up elections law that Brunner has said needs clarification.

But Rep. Dan Stewart, a Columbus Democrat, called the legislation "the wrong bill at the wrong time" and quoted the testimony of a handful of election law experts who all questioned why the bill should be passed now. "It's like dominoes: Everything you do then changes something else," Stewart said.

Dominoes? I agree! Once one illegally registered voter was knocked over, thousands more fell!

The "Golden Week" created chaos for county election boards. If I remember correctly - this is when Obama's nuts - ACORN - were out registering the same people 5, 6, 10, 25, 72 times! Didn't having to check, verify & reject tons of illegal voter registrations cause undue hardships on BOE's throughout Ohio? WE can only guess the added costs incurred from the extra man hours these verifications took.

So please 'splain Rep. Stewart - since nothing else is going on and it's supposed to be a lame-duck session - why is this not a good time to pass sound & sensible legislation? If now is bad - when is the time good? Is it when the dems have control of the House?

If they make it through Senate, Reverend Ted has stated he will veto the bills. So it goes business as usual for good government in Ohio - it doesn't happen!