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00:00:00SUPPORT OF THE STATEWIDE
BROADCAST OF"THE STATE OF OHIO"
00:00:08COMES FROM THE LAW OFFICES OF
PORTER, WRIGHT, MORRIS & ARTHUR
00:00:10LLP., INDIVIDUALS SOLVE COMPLEX
LEGAL PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT OHIO,
00:00:12ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND AROUND
THE WORLD ON THE WEB AT
00:00:13PORTERWRIGHT.COM. AND FROM THE
OHIO EDUCATION ASSOCIATION,
00:00:17REPRESENTING 131,000 TEACHERS,
SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS AND
00:00:22HIGHER EDUCATION FACULTY WHO
ARE WORKING FOR GREAT PUBLIC
00:00:24SCHOOLS FOR EVERY CHILD ONLINE
AT OHEA.ORG. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT
00:00:30FOR "THE STATE OF OHIO" IS MADE
POSSIBLE BY ETECH OHIO.
00:00:37THE IRS SCANDAL THAT HAS BEEN
RATTLING WASHINGTON HAS ROOTS
00:00:45IN OHIO.
WITH THE 2012 ELECTION BEHIND
00:00:51OHIO VOTERS AND A HUGE ONE ON
THE HORIZON LAWMAKERS ARE
00:00:54CONSIDERING CHANGES TO BOATING
LAWS.
00:00:57I WILL TALK ABOUT THOSE CHANGES
AND WHETHER THEY WILL HELP OR
00:01:01HURT FUNDING IN OHIO.
THE IRA SCANDAL THAT HAS BEEN
00:01:10RATTLING WASHINGTON HAS ROOTS IN
OHIO. SOME OHIO CONSERVATIVE BY
00:01:13THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE FOR
EXTRA SCRUTINY WHEN THEY APPLIED
00:01:14FOR TAX-EXEMPT STATUS.
THAT GROUP INCLUDES TOM
00:01:18ZAWISTOWSKI, THE HEAD OF THE
PORTAGE COUNTY TEA PARTY WHO
00:01:21LAST MONTH CHALLENGED MATT
BORGES IN THE CONTEST FOR CHAIR
00:01:24OF THE OHIO REPUBLICAN PARTY. HE
SAID IN A STATEMENT THIS WEEK
00:01:32THAT HE ACCEPTS THE IRS'S
APOLOGY FOR TARGETING GROUPS BUT
00:01:36HE CANNOT ACCEPT THE CLAIM THAT
THE SCANDAL WAS ORCHESTRATED BY
00:01:40LOW-LEVEL EMPLOYEES BY THE IRS
OFFICE IN CINCINNATI.
00:01:42HIS GROUP WILL FILE A LAWSUIT
FOR COMPENSATION TO MAKE UP FOR
00:01:52YEARS OF WHAT HE CALLS
HARASSMENT FOR PUNISHMENT OF IRS
00:01:56EMPLOYEES WHO WERE RESPONSIBLE.
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS
00:02:03OPENING A CRIMINAL PROBE AND
SEVERAL CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS
00:02:07ARE PLANNED.
SOME SAY THEY WILL BE GOING TO
00:02:10WASHINGTON FOR THIS HEARING.
STATE LAWMAKERS DID SOME WORK
00:02:11THIS WEEK ON RECENTLY PASSED
LAWS THAT HAD SOME ISSUES. THE
00:02:14HOUSE APPROVED CHANGES IN THE
SO-CALLED THIRD GRADE READING
00:02:19GUARANTEE, INCLUDING REVISING
QUALIFICATIONS IN THE HOPES
00:02:21THAT WILL EXPAND THE ELIGIBLE
POOL OF THOSE WHO CAN TEACH
00:02:25READING. AND THE HOUSE MADE A
CHANGE IN THE NEW LAW ON
00:02:28CONCUSSIONS THAT TOOK EFFECT IN
APRIL, AS KIDS SPORTS LEAGUES
00:02:32WERE GETTING GOING. THE CHANGE
CLEARS UP A SECTION THAT
00:02:35INCLUDED WHAT REPUBLICAN REP.
JAY HOTTINGER OF NEWARK SAID
00:02:38WERE "UNINTENTIONAL CRIMINAL
PENALTIES" IN THE NEW LAW,
00:02:41WHICH REQUIRES COACHES,
VOLUNTEERS AND OFFICIALS IN
00:02:43YOUTH SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS TO
HAVE PLAYERS WHO SHOW
00:02:46CONCUSSION-LIKE SYMPTOMS SIT OUT
GAMES OR PRACTICES UNTIL THEY'RE
00:02:51CHECKED AND CLEARED BY A DOCTOR
OR LICENSED HEALTH CARE
00:02:54PROVIDER. SUPPORTERS SAY THE LAW
IS I'M INTENDED TO PROMOTE
00:02:57SAFETY, NOT IMPOSE PUNISHMENTS.
GOV. JOHN KASICH IS SET TO
00:03:02DELIVER THE COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
AT CHARDON HIGH SCHOOL, THE
00:03:04SITE OF THE DEADLIEST HIGH
SCHOOL SHOOTING SINCE 2005.
00:03:05THREE STUDENTS WERE KILLED AND
THREE HURT WHEN A STUDENT FIRED
00:03:0910 SHOTS INTO THE CAFETERIA ON
AN FEBRUARY 27, 2012. CHAMEANWHE
00:03:21CHARDON SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT
JOE BERGANT APPEARED BEFORE THE
00:03:27GENERAL MIKE DEWINE, PUBLIC
SAFETY DIRECTOR TOM CHARLES AND
00:03:28OTHERS. THEY WERE HOPING TO
ADVISE THE BOARD ON CHANGES
00:03:30THAT COULD BE MADE TO MAKE
SCHOOLS SAFER. WHILE DEWINE HAS
00:03:34SAID HE'S NOT OPPOSED TO ARMING
TEACHERS IF SCHOOL BOARDS
00:03:39APPROVE, OTHERS SAID THEY WERE,
INCLUDING BERGANT.
00:03:40LEGISLATION ESTABLISHING AN
OFFICIAL STATE ARTIFACT IT'S
00:03:48THE ADENA PIPE, A PREHISTORIC
EFFIGY PIPE FOUND IN 1901 IN A
00:03:53BURIAL MOUND NEAR CHILLICOTHE.
STUDENTS AT THE COLUMBUS SCHOOL
00:03:56FOR GIRLS STARTED WORKING FOR
THAT IN 2009 AS THEY LEARNED
00:03:59ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS
AND THE POLITICAL SYSTEM.
00:04:02STARTING IN THE 2014-2015 SCHOOL
YEAR, OHIO WILL BECOME ONE OF
00:04:0545 STATES THAT WILL START
TESTING ITS STUDENTS UNDER WHAT
00:04:09ARE CALLED THE COMMON CORE
STATE STANDARDS, A NEW SET OF
00:04:14GUIDELINES FOR ENGLISH AND
LANGUAGE ARTS AND MATH
00:04:16DEVELOPED BY EDUCATION EXPERTS
AND SPECIALISTS TO PREPARE KIDS
00:04:21FOR COLLEGE OR FOR THE
WORKFORCE. COMMON CORE WAS
00:04:23ADOPTED IN OHIO IN 2010, BUT
STUDENTS ARE ALREADY SEEING
00:04:27THOSE NEW STANDARDS IN PLACE IN
CLASSROOMS AS THEY START
00:04:30PREPPING FOR THOSE TESTS IN TWO
YEARS. BUT SOME GROUPS ON BOTH
00:04:35SIDES OF THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM
ARE NOW RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT
00:04:38THE COMMON CORE CURRICULUM, SO
THE HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE
00:04:42HAS BEEN HOLDING HEARINGS TO
ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. I TALKED
00:04:44ON THURSDAY ABOUT THE HEARINGS
WITH THE CHAIR OF THE EDUCATION
00:04:51COMMITTEE, REPUBLICAN REP.
GERALD STEBELTON OF LANCASTER.
00:04:53>> COMING UP CONCERNS I HAVE
HEARD ABOUT, EMCOR ARE.
00:05:00TEA PARTY AND CONSERVATIVES HAVE
CALLED IT OBAMA-CORE.
00:05:06IT DOES NOT LEAVE ROOM FOR LOCAL
MANIPULATION AND ADDING AND
00:05:10TAKING AWAY THAT THEY INVOLVE
DATA COLLECTIONS ON STUDENTS,
00:05:15THAT THEY ARE AN UNFAIR AND
FEDERAL MANDATE.
00:05:17TELL ME ABOUT THE CONCERNS YOUR
STEERING FROM TEA PARTY AND
00:05:21CONSERVATIVES.
>> THOSE OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE
00:05:24HAVE HEARD, THAT THIS IS A
FEDERAL INTRUSION INTO LOCAL
00:05:27SCHOOLS.
THAT IS A REALLY GREAT CONCERN.
00:05:30I WOULD UNDERSTAND IF THAT WERE
THE CASE.
00:05:35>> WHAT ABOUT DATA COLLECTION?
>> THERE IS SOME CONCERN ABOUT
00:05:41DATA COLLECTION.
THERE WAS A BILL PASSED BY
00:05:43CONGRESS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO
THAT CAUSED THEM TO REALLY BE
00:05:48CONCERNED.
WE HAVE SOME STATUTES IN PLACE
00:05:51IN OHIO THAT POSITIVELY PROHIBIT
THE DICDISCLOSURE OF INFORMATIOF
00:05:59CHILD AND.
CHILDREN ARE A IDENTIFIED BY A
00:06:06NUMBER.
THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY
00:06:08INFORMATION.
THAT IS ONE OF THE DIFFICULTIES
00:06:10THAT THE STATE AUDITOR RAN INTO
WITH HIS ODD THING OF COLUMBUS'
00:06:14PUBLIC SCHOOLS BECAUSE HE HAD NO
WAY OF TRACING THE INFORMATION
00:06:18TO ANY SPECIFIC CHILD OR TO ANY
SPECIFIC STUDENT WITHIN THE
00:06:22DISTRICT.
THAT MADE HIS JOB OF AUDITING
00:06:26THE COLUMBUS PUBLIC SCHOOL'S
RECORDS VERY DIFFICULT.
00:06:29I TO KNOW THAT THE STATE BOARD
IS GOING TO BE LOOKING AT SOME
00:06:34ADDITIONAL CHANGES THAT MIGHT
ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THE PEOPLE
00:06:37HAVE EXPRESSED ABOUT THIS
FEDERAL LEGISLATION, THAT, EMCOR
00:06:42MIGHT PROVIDE ACCESS TO
INFORMATION ABOUT CHILDREN.
00:06:45-- COMMON CORE MIGHT PROVIDE
ACCESS TO INFORMATION ABOUT
00:06:50CHILDREN.
>> ON THE OTHER SIDE, AWAY FROM
00:06:56THE TEA PARTY GROUPS AND
CONSERVATIVES, YOU HAVE TEACHERS
00:06:59UNIONS WHO ARE GENERALLY
SUPPORTIVE BUT THEY ARE WORRIED
00:07:02ABOUT KIDS NOT BEING PREPARED
FOR THESE TESTS.
00:07:08>> THAT HAS SOME LEGS UNDER IT.
I THINK OUR DISTRICTS ARE
00:07:14WORKING HARD TO BRING CHILDREN
ALONG.
00:07:18I MET WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT
AND ONE OF HIS AIDES THIS
00:07:22MORNING.
THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF
00:07:25PREPARING CHILDREN FOR THESE
TESTS AND PREPARING CHILDREN TO
00:07:29TAKE THEM.
THEY EXPECT THERE WILL BE SOME
00:07:32FALLOUT FROM THIS.
THE STANDARDS ARE MUCH HIGHER
00:07:35THAN WHAT WE HAVE HAD IN THE
PAST.
00:07:37THAT IS A GOOD THING.
WE HOPE TO ELEVATE THE LEVEL OF
00:07:42OUR PERFORMANCE -- LEVEL OF
PERFORMANCE IN OUR CHILDREN.
00:07:47THAT INCLUDES DIFFERENT METHODS
OF TEACHING.
00:07:49WE THINK THAT WHEN WE TAKE THE
TEST IN A COUPLE OF YEARS THERE
00:07:54MAY BE A DROP.
THAT IS OKAY BECAUSE IT SAYS WE
00:07:58ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION FOR STUDENT
00:08:00PERFORMANCE.
TEACHERS MAY NOT LIKE THAT BUT
00:08:03TO BE HONEST WITH YOU THEY ARE
DOING PRETTY WELL IN MAKING THE
00:08:07ADJUSTMENT FROM EVERYTHING I
HAVE HEARD.
00:08:09>> CERTAINLY THE CONCERN ABOUT
MERIT PAY AND STILL WORKING OUT
00:08:13HOW TEACHERS ARE GOING TO BE
WORKED -- HOW TEACHERS ARE GOING
00:08:17TO BE PAID UNDER MERIT PAY --
THAT IS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM.
00:08:21>> WE ARE NOT ON-MINDFUL OF
THAT.
00:08:28WE DID NOT WANT TO BE UNFAIR TO
OUR MINISTERS.
00:08:30WE DID TO OUR ADMINISTRATORS.
UNLESS YOU SET THE BAR HIGH
00:08:35CHILDREN WILL NOT REACH FOR IT.
UNLESS YOU PUSH FOR THEM THEY
00:08:39WILL NOT ACHIEVE IT.
WE THINK TEACHERS CAN DO THAT.
00:08:41THIS WILL BE A BENEFICIAL THING
IN THE LONG RUN.
00:08:47>> WHAT HAPPENS NOW?
WE HAVE ONE HEARING THIS WEEK.
00:08:52IS THERE ANY CHANCE, AND CALL --
ANY CHANCE COMMON CALL WILL BE
00:09:02EVACUATED?
>> THERE IS NO CHANCE WE WILL BE
00:09:05RETRACTING OURSELVES FROM THE
COMMON CORE STANDARDS.
00:09:08>> IS THERE A CHANCE THE PROGRAM
COULD BE SLOWED DOWN, THAT
00:09:16THESE TESTS FOR 2014 COULD BE
DELAYED?
00:09:19>> I HOPE NOT.
I CANNOT WANT TO DO THAT.
00:09:22WE HAVE SET A FOUR YEAR PHASE
IN.
00:09:26DISTRICTS ARE GENERALLY MOVING
TOWARD THAT GOAL AND ARE
00:09:32CONFIDENT THEY CAN DO THAT.
THERE IS A QUESTION ABOUT
00:09:35WHETHER OR NOT TEST WILL BE
READY.
00:09:36ONE OTHER QUESTION THAT HAS BEEN
RAISED IS THIS IS SUPPOSEDLY A
00:09:42COMPUTER DATA BASE TEST.
SOME DISTRICTS MAY NOT BE ABLE
00:09:47TO DO THAT BECAUSE OF WHERE THEY
ARE AND THEIR ACCESSIBILITY TO
00:09:49THE INTERNET.
THERE WILL BE PROVISIONS MADE
00:09:53FOR THE TEST TO BE DONE ON
PAPER.
00:09:54I DO NOT THINK THERE IS ANY
REASON TO SLOW THIS PROCESS
00:09:58DOWN.
>> AN>> HEARING ON THE
00:10:05TOPIC. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
00:10:07AS HAS BECOME THE CUSTOM FOR
00:10:18PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, OHIO WAS
PRACTICALLY THE CENTER OF THE
00:10:20THERE WEREN'T ANY MAJOR SNAFUS,
THERE WAS SOME NEGATIVE
00:10:24ATTENTION PAID TO OHIO AS THE
BATTLE WHETHER THERE WOULD BE
00:10:31EARLY VOTING THE WEEKEND BEFORE
ELECTION DAY DRAGGED ON AND WAS
00:10:35FINALLY SETTLED WITH JUST DAYS
TOG GO.
00:10:41THAT RESULTED ON LONG LINES AT
SOME VOTING CENTERS ON THAT
00:10:46FINAL WEEKEND, WITH PICTURES OF
THOSE LINES BEING PICKED UP AND
00:10:48PICKED APART BY NATIONAL MEDIA.
THIS YEAR IS A BIT OF A BREATHER
00:10:50FOR OHIO. WITH NO MAJOR
STATEWIDE OR CONGRESSIONAL RACES
00:10:51ON THE SOME TIME TO MAKE CHANGES
IF THEY FEEL THE NEED. SOME
00:10:53CHANGES HAVE BEEN PROPOSED THAT
HAVE BEEN WELL-RECEIVED, WHILE
00:10:57OTHERSHERE TO TALK ABOUT RECENT
CHANGES IN ELECTION LAWS IN
00:11:02OHIO AND WHAT MIGHT BE ON THE
HORIZON AS THE STATE PREPARES
00:11:05FOR THE BIG RACES OF 2014 ARE
TWO EXPERTS ON THE TOPIC. DAN
00:11:08TOKAJI IS A PROFESSOR AND SENIOR
FELLOW IN ELECTION LAW AT THE
00:11:14MORITZ COLLEGE OF LAW AT OHIO
STATE UNIVERSITY. STEPHEN BROOKS
00:11:16IS ALSO A PROFESSOR AND IS
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF THE RAY C
00:11:19BLISS INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED
POLITICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
00:11:21AKRON. HE JOINS US WITH THE
HELP OF WNEO IN KENT.
00:11:26>> LET US FIRST TALK ABOUT THAT
EARLY VOTING ISSUE.
00:11:31EARLY VOTING SEEMS TO BE WELL-
RECEIVED WITH A 1.8 6 MILLION
00:11:35PEOPLE CASTING EARLY BALLOTS IN
2012.
00:11:38THAT SURPASSED THE NUMBERS AND
IT 2008.
00:11:41EVEN THOUGH APPLICATIONS FOR
EARLY BALLOTS WERE MAILED TO ALL
00:11:46REGISTERED VOTERS THIS TIME
AROUND WE STILL HAD THE
00:11:49STRUGGLES OVER EARLY VOTING AND
WE STILL HAVE THIS PROBLEM WITH
00:11:52WEATHER EARLY VOTING WILL BE
ALLOWED ON THE WEEKEND OF THE
00:11:56ELECTION.
WHAT HAPPENS -- WHAT NEEDS TO
00:12:00HAPPEN TO CHANGE THIS PICTURE
FOR 2014?
00:12:02>> THE BEST THING THE OHIO
LEGISLATOR CAN DO FOR EARLY
00:12:06VOTING IS STAY OUT.
LAST TIME THE PAST THREE
00:12:09DIFFERENT BILLS WHICH MADE A
MESS OF OUR EARLY VOTE AND LOSS.
00:12:11THAT FORCED -- THAT KEPT EARLY
VOTING OPEN FOR THREE DAYS
00:12:19BEFORE THE LAST ELECTION TO READ
THAT IS THE WAY IT SHOULD STAY.
00:12:21THERE IS NO FEAR REASON TO CUT
OFF EARLY VOTING TWO DAYS.
00:12:26VOTERS LOVE IT.
THEY USE IT.
00:12:29IT CAN HELP BOOST TURNOUT IF IT
IS COMBINED WITH EFFORTS TO GET
00:12:35PEOPLE TO GET OUT AND VOTE
EARLY.
00:12:37IT ALSO TAKES THE PRESSURE OFF
POLLING PLACES ON ELECTION DAY,
00:12:41WHICH IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT IN
LARGE COUNTIES WHERE WE HAVE A
00:12:44LOT OF VOTERS.
AS IT DID IN NOVEMBER OF LAST
00:12:49YEAR WE HAD LONG LINES AND POLLS
ON ELECTION DAY.
00:12:52EARLY VOTING IS A WAY TO MAKE A
DENT IN THOSE LINES.
00:12:56THERE IS NO GOOD REASON TO
TAMPER WITH EARLY VOTING.
00:13:00>> YOUR THOUGHTS?
>> I CERTAINLY AGREE THAT THE
00:13:06GOAL IS TO HAVE EARLY VOTING.
YOU SHOULD HAVE AS MANY PEOPLE
00:13:13AND AS MANY OPTIONS.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S
00:13:19ARGUMENT, AS I UNDERSTOOD IT, IS
HE WANTS TO HAVE SOMEWHAT
00:13:22REGULAR OR SIMILAR VOTING
PRACTICES THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
00:13:28THAT PROCESSES -- THAT POSES A
REAL PROBLEM WHEN YOU HAVE LARGE
00:13:37CITIES WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE
VOTING.
00:13:40IT BECOMES MORE COMPLICATED.
IF YOU HAVE EXTENDED HOURS AND A
00:13:46GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE AT ANY
TIME IN RURAL AREAS WHERE PEOPLE
00:13:49SHOW UP IT SEEMS TO BE WITH A
TIME.
00:13:55IT IS A BALANCE OF THIS ISSUE OF
SHOULD EVERYTHING BE THIS SAME
00:14:02INSTEAD OF VERSUS OHIO OR SHOULD
VOTING PRACTICES BE TAILORED TO
00:14:05THE POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS
OF THE AREA?
00:14:07>> LET US LOOK AT ADDITIONAL
BALLOTS.
00:14:10IN 2008 THERE WERE 80% A
PROVISIONAL BALLOTS THAT WERE
00:14:15COUNTED.
THIS YEAR IT WENT UP TO 83%.
00:14:17THE SECRETARY OF STATE SAYS THAT
63% OF THOSE THAT WERE NOT
00:14:21COUNTED FORECAST BY PEOPLE WHO
WERE NOT REGISTERED TO VOTE.
00:14:25THE TOO MANY UNREGISTERED
PEOPLE CASTING UNREGISTERED
00:14:32BALLOTS, IF YOUR CAST -- ASKED
TO CAST A PROVISION ABOUT YOUR
00:14:41VOTE MAY NOT COUNT.
CRUX WE GET A LOT THAT CANNOT
00:14:45ACCOUNT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO
00:14:47BE CHANGED.
A LOT OF THEM ARE REJECTED
00:14:50BECAUSE THE VOTER IS SHOWN UP AS
NOT REGISTERED BUT IT MAY BE
00:14:55THAT VOTERS TRIED TO REGISTER
BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON THAT
00:14:58REGISTRATION DID NOT
TRANSMITTED.
00:14:59WE NEED KRONA -- WE NEED CLEAN
UP OUR VOTER REGISTRATION
00:15:05SYSTEM.
THE WAY WE NEED TO DO THAT IS
00:15:08MOVING TO ONLINE OVER RICK
ONLINE VOTER REGISTRATION.
00:15:12-- WE NEED TO MOVE TO ONLINE
VOTER REGISTRATION.
00:15:18IT IS TIME THAT I MOVED INTO THE
21ST CENTURY BY ADOPTING ONLINE
00:15:28VOTER REGISTRATION AND THE
CONCURRENT EXODUS TO MAKE SURE
00:15:31THERE IS NO VOTING FRAUD.
TO HIS CREDIT OUR CURRENT
00:15:36SECRETARY OF STATE HAS SAID HE
SUPPORTS THE CONCEPT OF ONLINE
00:15:38VOTER REGISTRATION.
IF THE LEGISLATION WANTS TO MAKE
00:15:41A CONSTRUCTIVE CHANGE THAT IS
WHAT WE SHOULD MOVE TOWARDS.
00:15:44>> WHAT WE NEED TO DO ABOUT
ADDITIONAL BALLOTS?
00:15:47IS THIS SITUATION WE'RE DEALING
WITH HERE ACCEPTABLE?
00:15:50>> WHEN YOU HAVE THE NEED FOR
PROFESSIONAL BALLOTS IS NOT
00:15:55ACCEPTABLE.
-- PROVISIONAL BALLOTS IT IS NOT
00:16:00ACCEPTABLE.
EVEN IF THEY ARE REGISTERED
00:16:06THERE IS A LOT OF CONFUSION.
THERE WAS CONFUSION HERE BECAUSE
00:16:14THEY CHANGED THE NUMBER AND
LOCATION OF THE PRECINCTS, THAT
00:16:18ALSO CAUSES PROBLEMS.
THERE IS A IS -- THERE IS ALSO A
00:16:24CONFUSION OF WHO HAS TO FILL OUT
WHAT TO MAKE A PROVISIONAL
00:16:28BALLOT ACCEPTABLE AND NOT
TAXABLE.
00:16:30THE WORLD NEEDS TO BE VERY CLEAR
AND EARLY.
00:16:37POLITICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH
INDICATES THAT GETTING PEOPLE
00:16:41REGISTERED AS A -- GETTING
PEOPLE REGISTERED IS IMPORTANT
00:16:50IN GETTING VOTERS TO VOTE.
IT IS DIFFICULT TO CONVERT THOSE
00:16:57REGISTERED VOTERS IN TWO VOTERS.
WE NEED TO MAKE THE SYSTEM AS
00:17:00EASY AND SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE.
OBVIOUSLY ONLINE VOTING IS
00:17:04RESPONSIBLE.
THE REAL GOAL SHOULD BE TO GET
00:17:09AS MANY PEOPLE REGISTERED AS YOU
POSSIBLY CAN KRAFT AND MAKE
00:17:16SURE THEY ARE EASILY ACCEPTABLE.
>> IF I COULD ADD ONE THING, IN
00:17:22ADDITION TO HELPING PEOPLE GET
REGISTERED, ONLINE VOTER
00:17:27REGISTRATION WOULD ACTUALLY SAVE
US MONEY.
00:17:29IT HAS BEEN ESTIMATED FOR EVERY
VOTER REGISTERS ONLINE RATHER
00:17:33THAN THE OLD FASHIONED MAIL AND
PAPER METHOD WILL SAVE 50 CENTS
00:17:37TO $1 PER VOTER.
IT WILL SAVE MILLIONS WITH
00:17:43REGISTERED VOTERS.
>> OUT OF STATE STUDENTS TO VOTE
00:17:49IN THE STATE OF OHIO.
WITH SO MUCH ACTIVITY AMOUNT
00:17:54PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IT IS
NATURAL TO EXPECT THAT OUT OF
00:17:57STATE STUDENTS, AS THEY GET MORE
INVOLVED IN THE POLITICAL
00:18:00PROCESS, WOULD WANT TO VOTE
HERE.
00:18:02THERE IS A PROPOSAL THAT WOULD
COST UNIVERSITIES MONEY IF THEY
00:18:11ALLOW THEM TO VOTE.
IF EVERY OUT OF STATE STUDENT IN
00:18:16OHIO STATE LAST YEAR VOTED IN
OHIO AND THIS MEASURE APPLIED
00:18:20AND THE UNIVERSITY WOULD HAVE
LOST $73 MILLION.
00:18:22IS THIS TO STOP OUT OF STATE
COLLEGE STUDENTS FROM VOTING IN
00:18:30OHIO?
>> IT IS AN EFFORT TO MAKE IT
00:18:32FORD -- TO MAKE IT MORE
DIFFICULT FOR STUDENTS TO VOTE.
00:18:35THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST
UNFORTUNATE BILLS THAT THE OHIO
00:18:41LEGISLATURE HAS PROPOSED IN
RECENT YEARS.
00:18:43IT IS CLEAR WHAT THE PURPOSE
BEHIND THIS BILL IS.
00:18:46IT WOULD PENALIZE PUBLIC
UNIVERSITIES FINANCIALLY IF THEY
00:18:50PROVIDE THEIR STUDENTS WITH THE
DOCUMENT THEY NEED TO VOTE.
00:18:53UNDER CURRENT LAW PEOPLE ARE
ENTITLED TO VOTE IF THEY DECIDED
00:19:00IN THE STATE FOR AT LEAST 30
DAYS.
00:19:02WHAT THE BILL IS DESIGNED TO DO
IS TO DISCOURAGE PUBLIC
00:19:08UNIVERSITIES FROM PROVIDING
THEIR OWN STUDENTS WITH THE
00:19:11DOCUMENTS THAT THEY NEED IN
ORDER TO VOTE.
00:19:12THAT IS WHY THE UNIVERSITIES ARE
OPPOSING IT.
00:19:15IT IS A SHAMEFUL BILL.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY REALLY
00:19:21WANTS TO REMAIN A FORCE, THEY
ARE GOING TO NEED THESE VOTERS.
00:19:26THEY ARE NOT MEANT TO GET
ANYWHERE IF THE REPUBLICAN
00:19:31MAJORITY INSISTS ON TRYING TO
SUPPRESS STUDENT VOTES.
00:19:34>> YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS?
>> AS MANY PEOPLE HAVE SUGGESTED
00:19:40THE REASON FOR THIS PROPOSAL IS
TO SUPPRESS VOTING.
00:19:44I THINK THERE IS A REAL CONCERN
THAT THOSE WHO ARE TRYING TO DO
00:19:50IT BY LOOKING AT THE LAST
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
00:19:55THERE IS SOME RESEARCH COMING
OUT AS WELL AS A LOT OF
00:19:59ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE THAT THERE
WAS A PERCEIVED EFFORT TO
00:20:07SUPPRESS AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTE
IN THE LAST ELECTION.
00:20:10ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DID WAS
IT ACTUALLY ENERGIZED THE
00:20:15AFRICAN AMERICAN VOTING BLOCK TO
MAKE SURE THAT THEY DID VOTE
00:20:19BECAUSE THEY FELT THE PEOPLE
TRYING TO SUPPRESS THEIR VOTE.
00:20:21ONE OF THE RESULTS MANY SUGGEST
IS THAT THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN
00:20:31VOTERS WAS A HIGHER PERCENTAGE
THAN PREVIOUSLY.
00:20:36THESE EFFORTS THAT ARE PERCEIVED
AS SUPPRESSION SHOULD BE TAKING
00:20:44CAREFULLY SCREENED >> LET ME ADD
ONE THING.
00:20:45THERE'S REALLY NO QUESTION THAT
THIS BILL IS DESIGNED TO MAKE IT
00:20:50MORE DIFFICULT FOR COLLEGE
STUDENTS TO VOTE BY DENYING THEM
00:20:54THE DOCUMENTS THEY NEED.
I KNOW THAT SOME OF THE
00:20:57REPUBLICAN SIDE SAID THIS IS
REALLY ABOUT TUITION, NOT ABOUT
00:21:00VOTING.
IF YOU BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A
00:21:04BRIDGE I WOULD LIKE TO SELL YOU
FOR CHEAP BECAUSE EVERYBODY IN
00:21:07THIS BUILDING AND EVERYBODY WHO
FOLLOWS POLITICS IN OHIO KNOWS
00:21:10THAT THE ONLY PURPOSE BEHIND
THIS BILL IS TO MAKE IT MORE
00:21:14DIFFICULT FOR STUDENTS TO VOTE.
IF THE REPUBLICANS FOLLOW THAT
00:21:20STRATEGY IS NOT ONLY LIKELY TO
COST THE STATE MILLIONS OF
00:21:24DOLLARS BUT IT IS A STRATEGY
THAT IS GOING TO BACKFIRE ON
00:21:26THEM IN THE LONG RUN.
>> LET ME ASK BOTH OF YOU THIS
00:21:30QUESTION HERE.
REPUBLICANS HAVE TALKED ABOUT
00:21:37VOTER FRAUD.
PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT REGISTERED
00:21:43TO VOTE, SOME OF THESE METHODS
ARE TO REALLY TO GET TO THE
00:21:47PROBLEM OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT
SUPPOSED TO BE VOTING TRYING TO
00:21:49VOTE.
YOU HAVE ACCESS TO EARLY VOTING
00:21:53AND CONCERNS ABOUT THAT.
YOU HAVE STOOD IN FEES.
00:21:56SOME FOLKS ARE SAYING THESE ARE
IMPORTANT TO TRY TO MILLION --
00:22:02I AM WONDERING, ARE THERE ANY
ACADEMICS OR EXPERTS WHO THINK
00:22:12THESE ARE GOOD IDEAS?
IS THIS JUST A REPUBLICAN
00:22:16TALKING POINT ABOUT VOTER FRAUD?
>> A LOT ACADEMICS WOULD SHY
00:22:20AWAY FROM ANNOUNCING SOMETHING
THAT IS GOOD OR BAD.
00:22:23THERE IS A LOT OF RESEARCH ON
WHY PEOPLE VOTE AND THE IDEA OF
00:22:35VOTER FRAUD.
20 YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS DEALING
00:22:41WITH THESE ISSUES ALMOST EVERY
POLITICIAN STOOD UP AND SAID WE
00:22:44NEED TO FIND EVERY WAY FOR
ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO VOTE.
00:22:49THEY WANT TO STREAMLINE
PROCESSES.
00:22:52THE DISCUSSION ABOUT VOTER FRAUD
HAS ONLY BEEN RECENTLY ADDED TO
00:22:57THE POLITICAL CONVERSATION.
MOST OF THE RESEARCH INDICATES
00:23:01THAT WHAT VOTER FRAUD THERE IS
IS USUALLY CAUGHT.
00:23:07IT IS PRETTY SILLY OR DIFFICULT
TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHY ANYBODY
00:23:16WOULD WANT TO DO IT.
I DO NOT BELIEVE I HAVE SEEN ANY
00:23:20RESEARCH THAT SHOWS THERE IS A
SYSTEMATIC PROCESS OF VOTER
00:23:23FRAUD.
>> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS
00:23:26BEEN GOING ON, NOT JUST FOR
YEARS, BUT FOR OVER A CENTURY.
00:23:30IF YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF
VOTING RIGHTS TO SEE THAT EVERY
00:23:34TIME POLITICIANS WANT TO MAKE IT
MORE DIFFICULT FOR SOME GROUP TO
00:23:39VOTE, WHETHER IT WAS AFRICAN-
AMERICANS IN THE SOUTH OR
00:23:43IMMIGRANTS LIKE ITALIANS AND
IRISH IN THE EARLY PART OF THE
00:23:4620TH CENTURY, THEY SCREAM FRAUD
AT THE TOP OF THEIR LUNGS.
00:23:50WHICH IS NOT TO SAY FRAUD NEVER
EXISTS BUT IT WAS OFTEN USED AS
00:23:54AN EXIST TO CUT BARRIERS IN THE
WAY OF PEOPLE LIKE RACIAL
00:23:58MINORITIES WHO ARE SEEKING THEIR
RIGHT TO VOTE.
00:24:01>> THERE ARE FOLKS WHO WOULD SAY
SPECIFICALLY ON VOTER I.D. THAT
00:24:10IF WE HAVE TO HAVE PHOTO ID
AMONG SOME MANY OTHER THINGS WHY
00:24:14SHOULDN'T WE HAVE TO PROVE WHO
WE ARE TO DO SOMETHING AS
00:24:17EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AS BOATING.
>> THE RIGHT TO VOTE IS A
00:24:21FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT.
BECAUSE THERE ARE A SIGNIFICANT
00:24:25NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN OUR SOCIETY
WHO CANNOT HAVE A CAR, WOULD NOT
00:24:28HAVE A DRIVER'S LICENSE -- WHO
DO NOT HAVE A CAR, WHO DID NOT
00:24:35HAVE A DRIVER'S LICENSE -- IT
RANGES SOMEWHERE AROUND 11%.
00:24:43IT IS TOUGH TO GET A HANDLE OF
THESE PEOPLE BECAUSE MANY OF
00:24:48THEM DO NOT HAVE PHONES.
WE ARE TALKING AT PEOPLE -- WE
00:24:52ARE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE
AT THE LOWEST ECONOMIC SPECTRUM.
00:24:56WE ALREADY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH
LIMITED EDUCATION.
00:25:02WE DO NOT WANT TO MAKE THE
PROBLEM WORSE BY IMPOSING NEW
00:25:07BARRIERS TO VOTING.
>> I WOULD AGREE.
00:25:09AN EXAMPLE OF ALL OF THESE
THINGS WE DO AND FEDERAL ID ARE
00:25:17ALL THINGS THAT ARE CHOICES FOR
US TO MAKE.
00:25:20WE DO NOT HAVE TO DRIVE A CAR,
WE DO NOT HAVE TO USE CERTAIN
00:25:25BANKING ISSUES.
WE DO NOT EVEN HAVE TO TRAVEL BY
00:25:29AIRPLANE IF WE DO NOT WANT TO.
BUT I WANT TO VOTE, THE BARRIERS
00:25:41ARE DIFFICULT FOR THOSE WITH FEW
RESOURCES, I WOULD TAKE A STEREO
00:25:45OUTS AWAY FROM THAT.
>> THEM FOR BEING HERE.
00:25:49-- THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
AND THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK.
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