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>> WE CONTINUE OUR MONTH LONG
00:00:22SERIES OF SIT DOWN INTERVIEWS
WITH THE MAJOR PARTY CANDIDATES
00:00:24FOR FOUR OF THE FIVE STATEWIDE
EXECUTIVE OFFICES.
00:00:26OUR SECOND INSTALLMENT FEATURES
SECRETARY OF STATE CANDIDATES
00:00:30JON HUSTED AND NINA TURNER IN
THEIR OWN WORDS. THIS WEEK IN
00:00:32"THE STATE OF OHIO".
CAPTIONED BY THE
00:00:37NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE
--WWW.NCICAP.ORG--
00:00:38>> REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT JON
HUSTED IS TRYING FOR HIS SECOND
00:00:49TERM AS SECRETARY OF STATE.
HE WAS FIRST ELECTED TO THE OHIO
00:00:51HOUSE IN 2000, AND SERVED AS THE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE FOR FOUR
00:00:53YEARS BEFORE HE WAS TERM
LIMITED.
00:00:55HE THEN RAN AND WON A SEAT IN
THE STATE SENATE, WHERE HE SPENT
00:00:58TWO YEARS OF ONE FOUR YEAR TERM
BEFORE BECOMING THE SECOND
00:01:00FORMER SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE TO
BE ELECTED SECRETARY OF STATE.
00:01:06WELCOME JON HUSTED.
LET'S START WITH LAST WEEK'S
00:01:12RULING FROM A FEDERAL JUDGE THAT
ORDERED EARLY VOTING TO BEGIN ON
00:01:16SEPTEMBER 30 RATHER THAN ON JOE
BURR SEVENTH.
00:01:20IT ALSO RESTORED A GOLDEN WEEK
WHERE ROPE -- RATHER THAN ON
00:01:26OCTOBER 7.
IT ALSO RESTORED A GOLDEN WEEK
00:01:30WHERE VOTERS COULD REGISTER AND
VOTE THE SAME DAY.
00:01:34YOU HAVE APPEALED AND CRITICS
SAY IT'S A WASTE OF MONEY TO
00:01:38APPEAL.
WHY HAVE YOU APPEALED?
00:01:41>> THIS ORDER CONFLICTS WITH
PREVIOUS RULINGS BECAUSE IT
00:01:46ALLOWS COUNTIES TO SET THEIR OWN
DATES AND HOURS ABOVE AND BEYOND
00:01:49THE STANDARD IN THE ORDER.
ESSENTIALLY, WE WILL BE
00:01:54OPERATING WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
88 SEPARATE RULES IN 88
00:01:58DIFFERENT COUNTIES.
THAT IS NOT EQUAL PROTECTION.
00:02:00IT'S NOT TREATING VOTERS FAIRLY
AND EQUALLY.
00:02:05IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE A
VERY UNFAIR PLAYING FIELD,
00:02:09SOMETHING WE TRY TO GET AWAY
FROM.
00:02:11THE GOAL FOR ME IS TO MAKE SURE
ALL VOTERS VOTE BY THE SAME SET
00:02:15OF RULES DURING THE SAME HOURS
AND SAME DAYS.
00:02:18THAT IS WHAT I AM AFTER.
>> THERE ARE THOSE WHO SAY THAT
00:02:22IS INHERENTLY UNFAIR BECAUSE
THERE ARE DIFFERENT NEEDS IN
00:02:26DIFFERENT COUNTIES.
>> MARY SMITH IN ONE COUNTY
00:02:35SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY MORE OR LESS
TIME TO VOTE THAN MARY SMITH IN
00:02:41ANOTHER COUNTY.
THE COUNTIES ARE NOT RELEVANT.
00:02:43IT'S HOW WE TREAT THE VOTERS.
IT'S ABOUT INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND
00:02:49MAKING SURE EVERYONE HAS THE
SAME ACCESS TO VOTING IN THE
00:02:53STATE OF OHIO.
>> YOU HAVE DONE SOME
00:02:55INVESTIGATIONS THAT SHOW THAT
VOTER FRAUD IS ALMOST
00:02:59NONEXISTENT.
I THINK THE ONE YOU DID IN 2012
00:03:01SHOWED .003 PERCENT OF THE
MILLIONS OF VOTES CAST HAD A
00:03:09POSSIBILITY OF VOTER FRAUD.
>> THIS IS WHAT I SAY ABOUT
00:03:11VOTER FRAUD.
IT EXISTS.
00:03:14IT IS RARE.
WE ARE HOLDING PEOPLE
00:03:16ACCOUNTABLE WHEN THEY DO IT AND
WE ARE TAKING MEASURES ALL THE
00:03:21TIME TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T
HAPPEN.
00:03:23WHAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WAS
TRYING TO ADDRESS WAS THE GOLDEN
00:03:28WEEK ISSUE WHERE PEOPLE CAN
REGISTER AND VOTE ON THE SAME
00:03:30DAY.
THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT PEOPLE,
00:03:34PARTICULARLY DURING PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTIONS, COME HERE FROM OTHER
00:03:39STATES, REGISTER DURING THE WEEK
AND VOTE AT THE SAME TIME, AND
00:03:42THEN LEAVE AND GO BACK TO THE
HOME STATE.
00:03:44WHAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WAS
TRYING TO DO WAS TO SHORTEN THAT
00:03:48TIME AND AVOID THE POTENTIAL FOR
THAT HAPPENING WITHOUT MAKING IT
00:03:51ONEROUS SO THAT WE WERE
RESTRICTING PEOPLE'S
00:03:55OPPORTUNITIES.
I DON'T THINK ANYONE HAS MADE A
00:03:58COMPELLING ARGUMENT THAT 35 DAYS
CREATES ANY MORE OF AN ADVANTAGE
00:04:02FOR VOTING THAN 28 DAYS.
IT'S ESSENTIALLY A MONTH.
00:04:05PEOPLE HAVE A MONTH TO CAST
BALLOTS.
00:04:11PEOPLE HAVE RECEIVED ABSENTEE
BALLOT REQUEST MAILED TO EVERY
00:04:17SINGLE VOTER REGISTERED IN THE
STATE.
00:04:19IF YOU TURN IT IN, YOU HAVE A
MONTH TO VOTE WITHOUT EVER
00:04:22LEAVING HOME.
YOU CAN VOTE 24 HOURS A DAY,
00:04:26SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
WHEN YOU COMPARE OHIO TO THE
00:04:32NEIGHBORING STATES, THE
OPPORTUNITIES TO VOTE IN OHIO
00:04:35ARE FAR MORE EXPANSIVE THAN THEY
ARE IN OTHER STATES.
00:04:39OPPORTUNITIES ARE GREAT BECAUSE
IT IS EASY TO VOTE AND HARD TO
00:04:43CHEAT IN OHIO.
WE PURSUE THE BALANCE OF EASY
00:04:46ACCESS WHILE AT THE SAME TIME
UPHOLDING THE INTEGRITY OF THE
00:04:49ELECTIONS, AND FOR THE MOST PART
WE ARE GETTING THAT RIGHT IN
00:04:54OHIO.
>> A RULING IN 2008 SHOWED THAT
00:04:58AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTERS ARE 26
TIMES MORE LIKELY TO CAST
00:05:02BALLOTS DURING EARLY VOTING THAN
WHITE VOTERS.
00:05:04THAT LEADS SOME PEOPLE TO SAY
ANY RESTRICTIONS ON EARLY VOTING
00:05:10COULD DISENFRANCHISE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTERS, WHO ARE
00:05:13MORE LIKELY TO VOTE DEMOCRAT.
>> WE WANT TO ASSURE EVERYBODY,
00:05:17BLACK-AND-WHITE, RICH AND POOR,
THAT YOU ARE UNDER THE SAME
00:05:20RULES.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY ONCE THE
00:05:26LAW WAS STRUCK DOWN BY THE
FEDERAL COURT TO SET HOURS AND
00:05:28THAT IS WHAT I DID.
THERE WERE PLENTY OF
00:05:35OPPORTUNITIES TO VOTES EARLY AND
VOTE BY MAIL.
00:05:39THESE ARE FAKE VICIOUS ISSUES IN
MANY WAYS BY OPPONENTS TRYING TO
00:05:45CREATE CONTROVERSY WHERE NONE
SHOULD EXIST.
00:05:47>> AS SECRETARY OF STATE, ARE
YOU OBLIGATED TO UPHOLD ELECTION
00:05:53LAWS OR CAN YOU YOURSELF SPEAK
OUT AGAINST ELECTION LAWS?
00:06:03>> IT'S A TRICKY SITUATION
BECAUSE I WANT TO ADMINISTER THE
00:06:09LAWS AND DO IT FAIRLY.
I WANT TO SPEAK OUT WHEN I HAVE
00:06:12AN OPINION OF SOMETHING BEING
RIGHT OR WRONG WITH THE RULES.
00:06:15IT CAN BE A COMPLICATED
BUSINESS.
00:06:21BUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED -- IT'S
FALL.
00:06:28WHAT HAPPENS IN FALL IN OHIO?
LEAVES CHANGE COLORS AND FEDERAL
00:06:34JUDGES IMPLEMENT 11TH HOUR
RULINGS ON ELECTION ISSUES.
00:06:37THAT SHOULD STOP.
WE NEED SOME PEACE ON THESE
00:06:42ISSUES.
THE LAWS IN OHIO ARE VERY
00:06:46LIBERAL WHEN IT COMES TO THE
VOTING PROCESS.
00:06:54WE SHOULD STOP FIGHTING OVER
THESE ISSUES AND JUST FOCUS ON
00:06:58THE THINGS THAT MATTER IN
PEOPLE'S LIVES.
00:07:01>> I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT A NEW
EFFORT TO ENACT VOTER FODOR --
00:07:10VOTER PHOTO IDS, WHICH IS
SOMETHING YOU HAVE SPOKEN OUT
00:07:14ABOUT IN THE PAST.
>> WE HAVE PHOTO ID LAWS IN
00:07:19OHIO, BUT YOU ARE ALLOWED OTHER
OPTIONS LIKE A BANK STATEMENT
00:07:21WITH YOUR CURRENT NAME AND
ADDRESS.
00:07:29WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE IS THAT
WE HAVE SOME KIND OF
00:07:32IDENTIFICATION, BUT I DON'T
BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE LIMITED TO
00:07:37PHOTO ID.
PHOTO ID IS GOOD, BUT WE SHOULD
00:07:39MAKE SURE THERE ARE OTHER
OPTIONS.
00:07:42IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT
ONE OUT OF EVERY THREE VOTERS
00:07:45VOTES BY MAIL.
IT'S HARD TO CHECK A PHOTO ID.
00:07:48WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE
IDENTIFICATION PROCESSES IN
00:07:58PLACE, BUT IT DOESN'T
NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE A PHOTO
00:08:03ID.
>> WHAT ABOUT A VOTERS BILL OF
00:08:08RIGHTS?
IT WOULD BE THINGS PUT INTO THE
00:08:09OHIO CONSTITUTION OF FUNDAMENTAL
RIGHT TO VOTE FOR A QUALIFIED
00:08:15VOTERS.
IT WOULD RESTRICT LAWMAKERS
00:08:18ABILITY TO PILL BACK -- PULL
BACK ON EARLY VOTING AND SOME
00:08:23OTHER ISSUES.
>> THE PARTICULAR ISSUE YOU ARE
00:08:30TALKING ABOUT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO GET THE SIGNATURES FOR
00:08:32THAT PARTICULAR BALLOT.
I DON'T THINK THAT ONE IS GOOD
00:08:40FOR OHIO.
THERE ARE VOTER BILLS OF RIGHTS
00:08:42THE PEOPLE, WITH FROM TIME TO
TIME MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE
00:08:48HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
IT'S IMPORTANT.
00:08:49IT'S ALREADY IN THE CONSTITUTION
.
00:08:57SOME OF THOSE SPECIFIC
APPLICATIONS DO NOT MAKE SENSE
00:09:02FOR OHIO.
>> YOU HAVE PUSHED FOR CHANGES
00:09:04TO BE MADE IN THE WAY THAT
DISTRICTS FOR LAWMAKERS ARE
00:09:08DRAWN.
WOULD YOU CONTINUE TO PUSH EVEN
00:09:11IF REPUBLICANS IF THEY WIN THIS
FALL COULD START POSITIONING
00:09:14THEMSELVES IN A REALLY GOOD
PLACE FOR THE NEXT TIME
00:09:16DISTRICTS ARE DRAWN IN 2021?
>> WE SHOULD DO THE RIGHT THING
00:09:20A MATTER WHICH WAY THE POLITICAL
WINDS ARE BLOWING.
00:09:22REDISTRICTING REFORM IS
SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE
00:09:28IN OHIO.
THE WAY WE DRAW DISTRICTS IN
00:09:32OHIO AND ACROSS AMERICA IS THE
FRACTURED FOUNDATION ON WHICH
00:09:36OUR LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OF
GOVERNMENT IS BASED.
00:09:37IT LEADS TO DYSFUNCTION,
PARTICULARLY IN WASHINGTON.
00:09:41YOU CANNOT GERRYMANDER DISTRICTS
WITH PEOPLE FROM THE FAR
00:09:45POLITICAL LEFT AND FAR POLITICAL
RIGHT AND THEN SEND THEM ALL TO
00:09:48WASHINGTON AND SAY NOW YOU ALL
GET ALONG.
00:09:50IT DOESN'T WORK.
IT'S BROKEN.
00:09:51IT'S COMPROMISING PROGRESS FOR
AMERICA AND FOR OUR STATE AND WE
00:09:58NEED TO FIX IT.
>> YOUR OPPONENT NINA TURNER
00:10:04WANTS TO CREATE WHAT SHE CALLS A
ONE-STOP SHOP ON THE SECRETARY
00:10:09OF STATE'S WEBSITE WHERE SMALL
BUSINESSES CAN GET INFORMATION
00:10:12AND OTHER AGENCIES, THINGS THAT
MIGHT HELP THEM.
00:10:15SHE SAYS SHE WANTS TO TAKE IT TO
THE NEXT LEVEL.
00:10:19WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT
PROPOSAL?
00:10:22>> THAT'S WHAT WE ALREADY DO.
WE HAVE MADE IT SO EASY TO START
00:10:26A BUSINESS IN OHIO.
YOU CAN DO IT ONLINE.
00:10:30THE WAIT TIME IS A DAY AND A
HALF.
00:10:33WE PROMISE SERVICE IN LESS THAN
24 HOURS IN MOST CASES, AND THE
00:10:36NUMBERS DON'T LIE.
THAT IS WHY WE SAW A RECORD FOR
00:10:40THE NUMBER OF NEW BUSINESSES
STARTED IN OHIO IN 2012.
00:10:44WE ARE AHEAD OF PACE TO BREAK
THE RECORD IN 2013 AND 2014.
00:10:53WE ARE CREATING MORE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR OHIOANS,
00:10:56PUTTING THEM BACK TO WORK AND
GIVING THEM MORE HELP FOR THE
00:10:58FUTURE, AND FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN A LONG TIME, THE MAJORITY OF
00:11:03OHIOANS BELIEVE THAT OHIO'S
ECONOMY IS HEADED IN THE RIGHT
00:11:06DIRECTION.
>> YOUR PARTY HAS SAID NINA
00:11:15TURNER IS TOO PARTISAN.
ISN'T IT ALL PARTISAN?
00:11:18>> I KNOW SHE HAS BEEN A VERY
PARTISAN PERSON IN THE WORK SHE
00:11:25HAS DONE IN THE OHIO SENATE.
I HAVE ALWAYS PRIDED MYSELF,
00:11:32EVEN THOUGH I AM A REPUBLICAN,
IN MAKING SURE I UPHOLD THE
00:11:36CONSTITUTION, UPHOLD THE LAW.
PARTY AFFILIATION COMES LAST.
00:11:40I THINK THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE.
>> WHERE'D YOU GO FROM HERE IF
00:11:49YOU ARE REELECTED?
DO YOU HAVE DESIGNS ON SOMETHING
00:11:54ELSE?
>> I AM GOING TO TRY TO MAKE
00:11:57SURE I AM THE BEST SECRETARY OF
STATE IN THE COUNTRY.
00:11:59AND THAT OHIO IS A PLACE WHERE
DISEASE HE TO START A BUSINESS,
00:12:04CREATE JOBS AND CREATE
PROSPERITY.
00:12:07IF I CAN, THE FUTURE WILL
PROBABLY PROVIDE OPTIONS FOR ME.
00:12:12>> YOU'RE HOPING YOU WILL NOT
HAVE TO DO A LOT OF THE
00:12:18DIRECTIVES YOU HAVE TO DO.
>> WHEN YOU ARE AN IMPORTANT
00:12:23STATE LIKE OHIO, THE PARTISANS
WILL TRY TO PUT THE ELECTIONS
00:12:29PROCESS ITSELF ON TRIAL AND PUT
YOU IN THE MIDDLE OF IT WHEN YOU
00:12:31ARE SECRETARY OF STATE.
IN OHIO, WE FACE SOME OF THE
00:12:37MOST DIFFICULT SCRUTINY OF ANY
STATE IN THE COUNTRY AND WE CAME
00:12:40THROUGH WITH FLYING COLORS IN
THE 2012 ELECTION.
00:12:43I HOPE TO DO THAT AGAIN IN 2014
AND 2016.
00:12:48>> AND YOU PERSONALLY DON'T
BELIEVE YOU HAVE BEEN PARTISAN
00:12:51EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE HAVE
CRITICIZED YOU FOR THAT.
00:12:53>> WE RUN A GOOD, FAIR SHOP IN
THE STATE.
00:12:58WE TRY TO MINIMIZE RATHER THAN
EXPLOIT PARTISAN DIVIDES AND I
00:13:02AM CONFIDENT THAT RECORD IS
WELL-KNOWN THROUGH THE STATE OF
00:13:05OHIO.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
00:13:06DEMOCRAT NINA TURNER IS
CHALLENGING HUSTED.
00:13:09SHE SERVED WITH HUSTED IN THE
SENATE AFTER BEING APPOINTED TO
00:13:12HER SEAT IN 2008.
AFTER WINNING HER FIRST FULL
00:13:13TERM IN 2010, SHE WAS CHOSEN AS
MINORITY WHIP. BEFORE COMING TO
00:13:15COLUMBUS, SHE SERVED IN THE
ADMINISTRATION OF CLEVELAND
00:13:17MAYOR MIKE WHITE AND THEN WAS
ELECTED TO CLEVELAND CITY
00:13:19COUNCIL IN 2005.
WELCOME SENATOR TURNER.
00:13:26LET'S START WITH LAST WEEK'S
RULING FROM A FEDERAL JUDGE
00:13:31ORDERING VOTING TO BEGIN
SEPTEMBER 30 RATHER THAN OCTOBER
00:13:357 AS WELL AS RESTORING THE
GOLDEN WEEK.
00:13:36CRITICS HAVE SAID THE APPEAL IS
A WASTE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS BUT
00:13:42JOHN HOUSTON SAID HE HAS TO THAT
SHE'S DEAD SAYS HE HAS TO APPEAL
00:13:47THE RULING.
-- BUT THE SECRETARY OF STATE
00:13:52SAYS HE HAS TO APPEAL THE
RULING.
00:13:53GREG I DON'T --
>> I DON'T THINK HE HAS TO DO
00:13:59THAT.
IT'S BEEN VERY CLEAR THAT HE HAS
00:14:02DONE THINGS TO NOT ADVANCE
OPPORTUNITIES TO VOTE.
00:14:05A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS SPOKEN AND
SPOKEN LOUDLY TO RESTORE THINGS
00:14:11THE GOP HAS TAKEN AWAY LIKE DAYS
AND HOURS FOR VOTING.
00:14:16THIS VOTER FRAUD THEY ARE
TALKING ABOUT IS LESS THAN 1% OF
00:14:211% AND WE HAVE LAWS ON THE BOOKS
TO CATCH ANYBODY WHO COMMITS
00:14:24VOTER FRAUD.
VOTING SHOULD BE SIMPLE.
00:14:29IT SHOULD BE ACCESSIBLE.
IT SHOULD BE SECURE.
00:14:32THIS SHOULD WASTE OVER $400,000
OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND IT DOES
00:14:37NOT ADVANCE OPPORTUNITIES TO
VOTE.
00:14:43IT ACTUALLY TAKES AWAY
OPPORTUNITIES TO VOTE.
00:14:44>> OHIO HAS 28 DAYS -- BEFORE
THE RULING, NOW 35 -- IF THE
00:14:52RULING HOLDS UP, FOR PEOPLE TO
VOTE.
00:14:55>> WE SHOULD BE PROUD TO BE THE
GOLD STANDARD OF VOTING.
00:15:02LET'S NOT FORGET THAT THE REASON
WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITIES WE
00:15:07HAVE IS BECAUSE OF THE DEBACLE
OF 2000 FORWARD PEOPLE STOOD IN
00:15:13LINE FOR HOURS, ESPECIALLY IN
URBAN AREAS.
00:15:17IN KNOX COUNTY, THE LAST VOTER
VOTED AT 4:00 IN THE MORNING.
00:15:21PEOPLE WALKED AWAY FROM THE
POLLING PLACES.
00:15:25THIS HAD TO CORRECT ITSELF
BECAUSE THAT WAS THE WRONG IMAGE
00:15:31FOR OHIO.
I THINK COMPARING US TO OTHER
00:15:40STATES IS A FAULTY PREMISE.
THEY SAID WHAT ARE YOU
00:15:46COMPLAINING ABOUT?
IT ABSOLUTELY MAKES NO SENSE.
00:15:52>> THE UNIFORM VOTING HOURS THAT
THE SECRETARY OF STATE WOULD
00:15:54EMPLACE -- PUT IN PLACE -- YOU
WOULD HAVE TO WORK WITH THEM IF
00:16:04YOU WERE SECRETARY OF STATE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE
00:16:07UNIFORM HOURS?
>> I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR THE
00:16:11OFFICIALS THAT RUN ELECTIONS IN
88 COUNTIES ON A PROFESSIONAL
00:16:15BASIS.
BUT THAT IS JUST ONE OF MANY
00:16:17OPINIONS OR OPTIONS.
AS SECRETARY OF STATE, I WOULD
00:16:23EXPLORE OTHERS.
AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
00:16:25VOTER FOCUSED.
I HAVE TALKED TO PEOPLE FROM
00:16:27SMALL COUNTIES AND LARGER
COUNTIES.
00:16:30ONE THING THEY ALL HAVE IN
COMMON IS THEY ALL WANT TO MAKE
00:16:33SURE PEOPLE VOTE.
LEADERSHIP SHOULD COME FROM THE
00:16:36SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE.
FOR HIM TO LAY THAT AT THE FEET
00:16:43OF ELECTED PROFESSIONALS I THINK
IS WRONG.
00:16:45HE SHOULD SHOW LEADERSHIP AS
SECRETARY OF STATE.
00:16:49>> ARE YOU OBLIGATED TO UPHOLD
OHIO'S ELECTION LAWS AS THEY ARE
00:16:52NOW OR SHOULD YOU ADVOCATE FOR
LAWS YOU WANT TO SEE PUT IN
00:16:55PLACE?
>> ALL OF THE ABOVE.
00:16:57YES, I HAVE TO UPHOLD THE LAWS,
BUT CERTAINLY ANY LAW THAT WAS
00:17:01PROPOSED BY LEGISLATORS -- AND
TO BE IN ONE OF THEM RIGHT NOW,
00:17:06AND I HAVE RELATIONSHIPS ACROSS
THE AISLE, I WOULD LOBBY THE
00:17:11LEGISLATURE TO SEE IT FROM A
DIFFERENT ANGLE.
00:17:13I THINK IT WOULD BE MY
OBLIGATION TO DEAL WITH ANY LAWS
00:17:19THAT TAKE AWAY ACCESS TO THE
VOTING.
00:17:23I NEED TO SPEAK UP AND SPEAK
OUT.
00:17:24>> EARLY OPPORTUNITIES TO VOTE
HAVE NOT NECESSARILY BROUGHT
00:17:31MORE VOTERS IN.
IS IT THE ROLE OF THE SECRETARY
00:17:36OF STATE TO BRING MORE PEOPLE TO
THE BALLOTS?
00:17:40>> I THINK SO.
I WANT TO BE CHEERLEADER IN
00:17:45CHIEF.
I BELIEVE THAT JUST DOES A
00:17:46BUSINESS OWNER WOULD WANT MORE
CUSTOMERS IN THE DOOR, THOSE OF
00:17:50US IN THE VOTING SPACE OR EVEN
THE ELECTED SPACE WOULD WANT TO
00:17:52SEE MORE PEOPLE VOTE.
THE MORE PEOPLE THE VOTE, THE
00:17:56BETTER OUR DEMOCRACY IS, SO IF
THE VOTERS OF THE STATE
00:18:03COLLECTED ME, I AM GOING TO BE
THE CHEERLEADER IN CHIEF AND
00:18:06ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO VOTE.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AN OFF
00:18:08YEAR ELECTION.
IN A REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY,
00:18:12WE MUST BE ON AT ALL TIMES.
IT ELECTING A SCHOOL BOARD
00:18:16MEMBER IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS
ELECTING THE PRESIDENT OF THE
00:18:19UNITED STATES.
>> A NEW EFFORT WOULD PUSH FOR
00:18:25PHOTO IDS FOR VOTERS.
THAT IS SOMETHING YOU AND OTHER
00:18:28CRITICS HAVE SPOKEN OUT ABOUT.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH PHOTO ID FOR
00:18:30VOTERS?
A LOT OF PEOPLE SUPPORT THE
00:18:36IDEA.
>> BECAUSE OF THE WAY AN AGENDA
00:18:38HAS BEEN PUSHED TO PAINT PEOPLE
IN THE STATE AND IN THIS NATION
00:18:41AS THE OTHER.
ALL ELIGIBLE VOTERS SHOULD VOTE.
00:18:48IN OHIO, WE ALREADY HAVE A FORM
OF ID IT IS JUST NOT A STRICT
00:18:52VOTER ID.
ONE RESEARCH ORGANIZATION HAS
00:18:59ESTIMATED THAT 900,000 OHIOANS
WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO VOTE
00:19:02BECAUSE OF THE STRICTNESS.
RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN SHOW A
00:19:08DRIVER'S LICENSE.
YOU CAN SHOW A STATE ID.
00:19:10ANY GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT.
YOUR SIGNATURE GOES THERETO.
00:19:13NOTHING ABOUT A STRICT PHOTO ID
WILL DO ANYTHING TO CHANGE THE
00:19:21NOTION OF VOTER FRAUD WHICH, I
MUST ADD, LESS THAN 1% OF 1% IN
00:19:26THE STATE OF OHIO, AND THE FACT
OF THE MATTER REMAINS THAT YOU
00:19:30HAVE A GREATER LIKELIHOOD TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING THAN TO HAVE
00:19:33SOMEBODY COMMIT VOTER FRAUD.
>> ON THE FLIPSIDE, THAT IS A
00:19:42CONSERVATIVE EFFORT.
THERE IS ALSO AN EFFORT TO PUT A
00:19:45BILL OF RIGHTS AND THE
CONSTITUTION THAT WOULD
00:19:46GUARANTEE RIGHTS FOR ALL OHIOANS
TO VOTE.
00:19:48AND IT WOULD PREVENT LAWMAKERS
FROM PULLING BACK ON THE 35
00:19:54DAYS.
IT IS THAT SOMETHING YOU
00:19:57SUPPORT?
>> VERY MUCH SO AND THAT SHOULD
00:19:59HE ENSHRINED.
-- BE ENSHRINED.
00:20:04I BELIEVE PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE
ACCESS TO VOTE.
00:20:06THIS IS NOT ABOUT WHETHER YOU
ARE REPUBLICAN, DEMOCRAT OR
00:20:10INDEPENDENT.
THIS REALLY IS ABOUT VOTERS.
00:20:12ONCE SOMETHING IS ENSHRINED IN
THE CONSTITUTION, IT IS NOT AT
00:20:17THE WHIM OF EITHER POLITICAL
PARTY.
00:20:20IT IS VERY MUCH A PRO-VOTER
OPTION.
00:20:21>> ONE OTHER THING JOHN HOUSTON
HAS SPOKEN ABOUT IS THE WAY
00:20:30DISTRICTS ARE DRAWN.
AS A MEMBER OF THE SENATE, YOU
00:20:33HAD TO DEAL WITH REDISTRICTING.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO ABOUT IT?
00:20:38>> YOU MAY RECALL THERE WAS A
BIPARTISAN REDISTRICTING THAT
00:20:41DID SET -- DID PAST 32-1.
YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT A MIRACLE.
00:20:48THERE WERE FOUR OF US WHO CAME
TOGETHER, WHO GOT INTO A ROOM
00:20:57AND SAID WHAT CAN WE AGREE UPON
WHEN IT COMES TO REDISTRICTING?
00:21:00AND WE DID IT 32-ONE.
ELECTED OFFICIALS SHOULD NOT BE
00:21:06CHOOSING THEIR CONSTITUENTS.
IT SHOULD BE THE OTHER WAY
00:21:09AROUND AND OHIO'S LINES ARE SOME
OF THE WORST IN THE NATION.
00:21:12IT CAUSES THE GRIDLOCK WE HAVE
IN CONGRESS AND THE CHALLENGES
00:21:17WE HAVE AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE
WHEN PEOPLE ONLY HAVE TO PAY TO
00:21:19THE EXTREMES AND DON'T
NECESSARILY HAVE TO PLAY IN THE
00:21:23MIDDLE OR PLAY WITH PEOPLE WHO
HAVE OTHER THOUGHTS.
00:21:25UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN THE
SECRETARY OF STATE HAD THE
00:21:31OPPORTUNITY AS A MEMBER OF THE
IMPORTANT BOARD FOR MEN HE DID
00:21:32NOT HAVE -- APPORTIONMENT BOARD,
HE DID NOT DO WHAT HE COULD HAVE
00:21:40DONE.
CALL IT A COINCIDENCE, BUT THE
00:21:44FACT THAT HE IS NOW POUTING AT
REDISTRICTING -- TOUTING THAT
00:21:50REDISTRICTING REFORM IS THE
ANSWER WHEN HE DID NOT ACT WHEN
00:21:55HE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
>> YOU HAVE TALKED ABOUT
00:22:00CREATING A ONE-STOP SHOP THAT
WOULD GIVE SMALL BUSINESSES MORE
00:22:03INFORMATION.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE SAYS YOU
00:22:08ARE PROMOTING WHAT HE IS ALREADY
DOING.
00:22:10>> I KNOW EVERY MONTH AROUND THE
15TH HE TALKS ABOUT HOW MANY
00:22:14BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN CREATED,
WHICH IS A BEAUTIFUL THING, THAT
00:22:18I WANT TO TAKE IT TO THE NEXT
LEVEL AND REALLY BE THE BRIDGE
00:22:22TO OPPORTUNITY, TO FINANCING, TO
TRADE ORGANIZATIONS, TO WHAT
00:22:26SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS REALLY,
REALLY NEED TO START A BUSINESS,
00:22:30AND ALSO TO HAVE NONTRADITIONAL
HOURS OF BEING ABLE TO INTERACT
00:22:36WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S
OFFICE.
00:22:38I HAVE TALKED TO A FEW BUSINESS
OWNERS.
00:22:41MOST ENTREPRENEURS HAVE TO START
THEIR BUSINESSES EITHER -- WHILE
00:22:45THEY ARE WORKING ANOTHER 9-5.
THERE ARE NO EARLY-MORNING
00:22:49OPTIONS FOR THEM TO TALK TO
SOMEBODY.
00:22:52EVEN ON WEEKENDS, SO THEY CAN
MAINTAIN THEIR NINE TO FIVE BUT
00:22:55ALSO MAINTAIN THEIR OPPORTUNITY
TO CREATE THEIR BUSINESS.
00:23:04I WANT TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES
AT THE BALLOT BOXCAR
00:23:07OPPORTUNITIES AT HIS MISS, AND
OPPORTUNITIES -- OPPORTUNITIES
00:23:12AT THE BALLOT BOXCAR IN
BUSINESS, AND IN LIFE.
00:23:14ONLY A FEW FORMS ARE ACCESSIBLE
ONLINE.
00:23:22UNLESS THERE IS SOME COMPELLING
REASON NOT TO PLACE THEM ONLINE,
00:23:25I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT
CHANGED.
00:23:28>> REPUBLICANS HAVE SAID YOU ARE
TOO PARTISAN.
00:23:30AND THEY SET UP A WEBSITE TO
MAKE THAT ARGUMENT.
00:23:32>> I HAVE HEARD ABOUT THAT.
>> THEY HAVE PICTURES OF YOU
00:23:37WITH WELL-KNOWN LIBERAL
CELEBRITIES AND YOUR MSNBC
00:23:39FRIENDS, IT SAYS.
WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?
00:23:42ISN'T EVERY OFFICE PARTISAN?
>> IT IS.
00:23:45HOWEVER, TO CALL ME PARTISAN
BECAUSE I STAND UP FOR WORKERS
00:23:50RIGHTS BECAUSE I STAND UP FOR
WOMEN TO BE IN CHARGE OF THEIR
00:23:57OWN BODIES ARE TO BE ABLE TO
EARN A DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR AS MUCH
00:24:00AS A MAN, OR TO BE IN FAVOR OF
EVERY VOTER IN THE STATE OF OHIO
00:24:06HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE.
I AM NOT SAYING I WANT TO EXPAND
00:24:10AND PROTECT RIGHTS FOR
DEMOCRATS.
00:24:12I WANT TO EXPAND AND PROTECT
RIGHTS NO MATTER HOW PEOPLE
00:24:16LEAN, WHETHER THEY ARE RED,
BLUE, COUNTRY, ROCK 'N ROLL,
00:24:20R&B.
I WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO
00:24:22VOTE.
THAT IS WHAT I STOOD FOR IN MY
00:24:25SENATE CAREER, AS A CITY
COUNCILWOMAN, AS AN
00:24:28ADMINISTRATOR.
I AM A SERVANT OF THE PEOPLE AND
00:24:31YET I WOULD STAND UP AND PUT THE
REQUISITE EMOTION BEHIND
00:24:34WHATEVER I BELIEVE IN.
AGAIN, I WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE
00:24:39OPPORTUNITIES IN LIFE.
>> FINALLY, AT THE LABOR DAY
00:24:44PARADE IN CLEVELAND RECENTLY,
YOU SAID WHEN YOU ARE GOING
00:24:47THROUGH HELL, YOU KEEP GOING.
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT YOUR
00:24:51TROUBLES AND WHAT EFFECT YOU
THINK THEY WILL HAVE ON THE
00:24:54OUTCOME OF THE RACE AND THE
FUNDRAISING YOU'RE DOING NOW?
00:25:01>> THAT WAS WINSTON CHURCHILL'S
QUOTE.
00:25:03I AM RUNNING AS DRAWN -- A
STRONG RACE.
00:25:07I PLAN TO BE THE HIGHEST VOTE
GETTER IN THE GENERAL ELECTION
00:25:12OVERALL.
I AM RUNNING HARD AND STRONG.
00:25:14I WILL SHOW THE VOTERS OF THE
STATE OF OHIO THAT THEY DESERVE
00:25:17BETTER AND THAT THEY HAVE A
CHOICE.
00:25:18THEY HAVE IN ME A SECRETARY OF
STATE WHO WANTS TO EXPAND AND
00:25:25PROTECT ACCESS TO THE BALLOT
BOXED.
00:25:26I AM GOING TO WIN THIS RACE.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
00:25:28NEXT WEEK, THE MAJOR PARTY
CANDIDATES FOR AUDITOR, DAVID
00:25:32YOST AND JOHN PATRICK CARNEY.
WE PLAN TO CONCLUDE OUR SERIES
00:25:34THE FOLLOWING WEEK WITH THE
MAJOR PARTY CANDIDATES FOR
00:25:36TREASURER, JOSH MANDEL AND
CONNIE PILLICH, AND HOPE TO
00:25:39FEATURE INTERVIEWS WITH THE
MAJOR PARTY CANDIDATES FOR
00:25:41GOVERNOR AND HIGHLIGHTS OF ANY
DEBATES THEY MAY DO.
00:25:43AS OF RIGHT NOW, NO DEBATES
BETWEEN JOHN KASICH AND ED
00:25:46FITZGERALD ARE SCHEDULED.
BUT THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK.
00:25:49FOR MY COLLEAGUES AT OHIO PUBLIC
RADIO AND TELEVISION, THANKS FOR
00:25:51WATCHING.
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