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00:00:01THE SUPPORT FOR THE STATEWIDE
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00:00:21AND THE OHIO EDUCATION
ASSOCIATION SUPPORTING TEACHERS
00:00:26AND FACULTY COMMITTED TO THE
SUCCESS OF EVERY CHILD.
00:00:29>> THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR
GOVERNOR PICKS A RUNNING MATE.
00:00:35THE JOBSOHIO AUDIT IS OUT.
AND A SLEW OF ELECTION RELATED
00:00:37BILLS ARE UNDER DEBATE, WITH
LESS THAN A YEAR TO GO BEFORE A
00:00:40CRITICAL ELECTION.
ALL THIS WEEK IN ?THE STATE OF
00:00:44-- "THE STATE OF OHIO."
THE DEMOCRATIC TABLE IS
00:00:55COMPLETELY SET NOW FOR 2014.
GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE ED
00:00:57FITZGERALD ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK
THAT HE?S SELECTED STATE SEN.
00:01:00ERIC KEARNEY OF CINCINNATI AS
HIS POTENTIAL LIEUTENANT
00:01:02GOVERNOR.
THE TIMING OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT
00:01:06WAS A BIT OF A SURPRISE ? IT?S
-- OF A SURPRISE, SINCE IT'S IN
00:01:14NEARLY TWO MONTHS EARLIER THAN
RUNNING MATE ANNOUNCEMENTS IN
00:01:162010 AND 2006, AND IT CAME OUT A
FULL DAY BEFORE THE FIRST PRESS
00:01:18CONFERENCE FEATURING BOTH
CANDIDATES.
00:01:21BUT THE PICK WASN?T A SHOCK ? IT
HAD BEEN SUSPECTED THAT KEARNEY
00:01:23WAS ON FITZGERALD?S SHORT LIST,
AND THE CHOICE CREATES A TEAM
00:01:25WITH SOME DIVERSITY BOTH
GEOGRAPHICALLY AND RACIALLY.
00:01:27AND IT COULD POTENTIALLY BRING
IN NATIONAL ATTENTION AND
00:01:28DONORS, SINCE KEARNEY COUNTS
PRESIDENT OBAMA AS A FRIEND.
00:01:30MEANWHILE, FITZGERALD?S
OPPONENT, GOV. JOHN KASICH,
00:01:34SPENT THE WEEK AT THE REPUBLICAN
GOVERNORS? ASSOCIATION IN
00:01:37ARIZONA AND HAD NO COMMENT.
THE LONG-AWAITED AUDIT OF
00:01:43JOBSOHIO IS OUT, AND AUDITOR
DAVID YOST IS SCOLDING GOV. JOHN
00:01:46KASICH?S JOB CREATING ENTITY FOR
SLOPPY HANDLING OF ETHICS AND
00:01:49CONFLICT-OF-INTEREST PROCEDURES
IN ITS FIRST YEAR.
00:02:00BUT YOST'S AUDIT SAYS THAT NO
BUSINESS CONFLICTS EXIST AMONG
00:02:02JOBISOHIO'S EXECUTIVES.
THE REVIEW DID NOT ASSESS THE
00:02:04OFFICE'S FISCAL HEALTH, BUT
SLAPPED THE OFFICE FOR SEVERAL
00:02:06INSTANCES WHERE IT LACKED OR
DIDN'T FOLLOW INTERNAL
00:02:08PROCEDURES.
IN ITS RESPONSE, JOBSOHIO SAYS
00:02:11ALL THE ISSUES HAVE SINCE BEEN
ADDRESSED.
00:02:13THE AUDIT COMES AFTER A HIGH-
PROFILE FIGHT FOR ACCESS TO
00:02:16JOBSOHIO'S PRIVATE BOOKS.
YOST, A FORMER PROSECUTOR,
00:02:20AND IN THOSE RECORDS SAYING THAT
HE FELT THE STATE OF DORI T --
00:02:30SAYING HE FELT THE STATE AUDITOR
HAD THE AUTHORITY TO REVIEW
00:02:32THEM.
JOBSOHIO COMPLIED UNDER PROTEST
00:02:33IN MARCH. AND LAWMAKERS THEN
CHANGED STATE LAW TO SHIELD
00:02:35FUTURE PRIVATE SPENDING FROM THE
STATE AUDIT PROCESS, SAYING THAT
00:02:37AN INDEPENDENT AUDITOR WILL LOOK
OVER JOBSOHIO'S BOOKS IN THE
00:02:45FUTURE.
THIS WEEK BROUGHT A LONG NIGHT
00:02:47FOR SOME STATE LAWMAKERS.
THE HOUSE APPROVED A ?STAND YOUR
00:02:49GROUND? BILL AFTER TWO HOURS OF
PASSIONATE DEBATE.
00:02:53CLICK IS AN EXPANSION OF CASTLE
DOCTRINE.
00:02:56CASTLE DOCTRINE ESSENTIALLY
STATES THAT WHEN SOMEONE
00:03:00ATTEMPTS TO BREAK INTO YOUR HOME
OR CAR, YOU CAN USE LETHAL FORCE
00:03:05WHEN PRESUMED TO BE ACTING IN
SELF-DEFENSE.
00:03:06IN THAT CASE, THE BURDEN OF
PROOF IS NOT ON THE DEFENDANT.
00:03:08THAT IS CASTLE DOCTRINE IN A
NUTSHELL.
00:03:12COUNSEL BILL TWO MAKE A CHANGE
TO SELF-DEFENSE LAW IN PLACES
00:03:24OTHER THAN YOUR HOME OR YOUR
CAR.
00:03:25>> WE KNOW WITH THE PROVISION IN
HOUSE BILL 203, THE STANDARD
00:03:30GROUND PROVISION, WE'VE ALREADY
SEEN WHAT IT DOES WHEN IT GOES
00:03:35WRONG.
WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN WHEN WE
00:03:37ALLOW CITIZENS TO BECOME JUDGE,
JURY, AND EXECUTIONER.
00:03:42>> CAN YOU EVER IMAGINE THAT
ANYONE WOULD PROPOSE THAT IN
00:03:49ORDER TO EXERCISE YOUR FIRST
AMENDMENT RIGHTS THAT YOU HAVE
00:03:54TO HAVE A LICENSE OR THAT YOU
WOULD NEED TRAINING? WE WOULD
00:03:57NEVER STAND FOR THAT WINNING
COMES TO OUR RIGHT TO WORSHIP
00:03:58EITHER.
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO GUN RIGHTS,
00:04:01SOMEHOW, IT IS OK.
>> IF THIS PASSES BECAUSE --
00:04:05BECAUSE WE DO THIS SOMETIMES, WE
FORGET THAT OUR ACTIONS HAVE
00:04:10WAIT.
THERE WILL BE CONSEQUENCES.
00:04:11SOMEBODY IS GOING TO DIE BECAUSE
OF THIS.
00:04:17GEORGE ZIMMERMAN AND TRAYVON
MARTIN ARE NOT AN ISOLATED CASE.
00:04:22>> AND A THE BILL ELIMINATES
THE DUTY TO RETREAT WHERE
00:04:39POSSIBLE, AND EXPANDS THE
SITUATIONS IN WHICH WEAPONS CAN
00:04:40BE USED BEYOND HOMES AND CARS AS
IN THE CURRENT LAW, TO IN ANY
00:04:41PLACES WHERE THAT PERSON IS
ALLOWED TO BE, SUCH AS STREETS
00:04:43AND STORES.
IT ALSO MAKES CONCEALED WEAPONS
00:04:44LICENSES AND SOME OTHER STATES
VALID ACROSS STATE LINES.
00:04:46IT NOW GOES ON TO THE SENATE.
LATER THAT NIGHT, THE HOUSE
00:04:48EDUCATION COMMITTEE HEARD
COMMENTS ON A BILL TO REPEAL
00:04:50COMMON CORE.
THERE WERE AN ESTIMATED 500
00:04:52PEOPLE WHO TURNED UP FOR THE
HEARING, WHICH DIDN'T WRAP TILL
00:04:55WELL AFTER 1:00 A.M., AFTER SIX
HOURS OF TESTIMONY.
00:04:58AND IN THE SENATE, A MEASURE WAS
APPROVED TO LIMIT WHERE THE
00:05:01CONTROLLING BOARD CAN STEP IN
THE FUTURE, AFTER LAST MONTH'S
00:05:04VOTE TO EXPAND MEDICAID.
THE MEASURE NOW GOES TO THE
00:05:08HOUSE, WHICH IS ALSO CONSIDERING
OTHER RESTRICTIONS ON THE BOARD.
00:05:12THERE'S LESS THAN A YEAR BEFORE
OHIOANS WILL VOTE IN A CRITICAL
00:05:14ELECTION WHERE ALL FIVE
EXECUTIVE OFFICEHOLDERS,
00:05:18INCLUDING THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE,
WILL BE ON THE BALLOT, ALONG
00:05:21WITH THE ENTIRE OHIO HOUSE AND
HALF THE OHIO SENATE, AND THE
00:05:24ENTIRE US HOUSE, INCLUDING
OHIO'S 16 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
00:05:29AND STATE LAWMAKERS ARE WORKING
NOW ON SOME BILLS THAT COULD
00:05:32AFFECT HOW VOTING GOES IN THAT
BIG ELECTION.
00:05:35A BILL PASSED THE SENATE TWO
WEEKS AGO THAT ALLOWS ABSENTEE
00:05:38BALLOT APPLICATIONS TO BE SENT
OUT EVERY YEAR WITHOUT VOTERS
00:05:42ASKING FOR THEM BUT ONLY BY THE
SECRETARY OF STATE, ONLY FOR
00:05:45GENERAL ELECTIONS AND NOT
PRIMARY OR SPECIAL ELECTIONS,
00:05:49AND ONLY IF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
APPROVES THE FUNDING.
00:05:57THERE ARE OTHER BILLS THAT COULD
SHORTEN THE EARLY VOTING WINDOW
00:05:59FROM 35 DAYS TO 29 AND THAT
COULD CHANGE THE NUMBER OF
00:06:02VOTING MACHINES IN EACH COUNTY.
AND THERE'S STILL A QUESTION OF
00:06:05WHETHER A BILL TO REQUIRE VOTERS
SHOW VOTER ID WILL ONCE AGAIN BE
00:06:09INTRODUCED.
HERE TO TALK ABOUT THOSE BILLS
00:06:12AND MORE ARE TWO OF THE LEADING
STATE LEGISLATáááááááááááá[30]áá
00:06:16COLEY IS A REPUBLICAN FROM
CINCINNATI HE WAS THE MAIN
00:06:20SPONSOR OF THE ABSENTEE BALLOT
APPLICATIONS BILL AND IS A CO-
00:06:23SPONSOR OF THE BILLS ON EARLY
VOTING AND VOTING MACHINES.
00:06:26SEN. NINA TURNER IS A DEMOCRAT
OF CLEVELAND.
00:06:29SHE'S A CANDIDATE FOR SECRETARY
OF STATE ON NEXT YEAR?S BALLOT
00:06:31AND HAS CRITICIZED THOSE BILLS.
BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT WHERE YOU
00:06:38FOLKS DIFFER, LET'S TALK ABOUT
THIS APPLICATIONS BILL AND WHERE
00:06:44THERE IS SOME COMMON GROUND,
BECAUSE CERTAINLY, THE SENDING
00:06:48OUT OF ABSENTEE BALLOT
APPLICATIONS IS SOMETHING THAT
00:06:50BOTH SIDES HAS TAUGHT -- HAVE
TALKED ABOUT AS BEING A GOOD
00:06:53THING.
WHERE IS THE COMMON GROUND,
00:06:56SENATOR COLEY?
>> THIS BILL AND THE NUMBER OF
00:07:00BILLS THAT WE WILL TALK ABOUT
TODAY HAVE ALL BEEN INTRODUCED
00:07:03BY ONE PARTY OR ANOTHER.
I THINK THERE IS SOME MUTUAL
00:07:06AGREEMENT ON ALMOST ALL OF THOSE
BILLS AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER.
00:07:11SOME OF THE GREAT IDEAS THAT WE
HAVE HAD WERE ALSO HAD BY OUR
00:07:15COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE AISLE AND
PRIOR GENERAL ASSEMBLIES.
00:07:18I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF COMMON
GROUND ON A LOT OF AREAS.
00:07:20I DID NOT AGREE WITH A LOT OF
THAT DECISION LAST YEAR
00:07:24INVOLVING OBAMA VERSUS HOUSTON.
-- VERSUS HUSTED.
00:07:32BUT ONE THING THAT CAME OUT LOUD
AND CLEAR IS THAT EVERYBODY
00:07:36SHOULD PLAY BY THE SAME ROLES.
PEOPLE IN WORLD OHIO SHOULD NOT
00:07:41HAVE TO FILL OUT CERTAIN THINGS.
PEOPLE UP IN CUYAHOGA COUNTY, IT
00:07:47IS A MUCH BIGGER AREA AND THE
ELECTION FIGURES MIGHT NOT KNOW
00:07:52EVERYBODY.
IT COULD BE A WHOLE SET OF RULES
00:07:57THAT'S DIFFERENT.
THE WHOLE PURPOSE IS TO HAVE A
00:07:59COMMON SET OF RULES THAT ARE
ENFORCED ACROSS THE STATE
00:08:01UNIFORMLY AND REALLY BRINGS SOME
CONSISTENCY ACROSS THE STATE
00:08:07THAT IS DICTATED BY THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY AND NOT THE COURTS.
00:08:09>> SENATOR TURNER, LET ME ASK
YOU, SOME COMMON GROUND HERE,
00:08:14CAN YOU GET ON BOARD?
>> IN TERMS OF THE ABSENTEE
00:08:19BALLOT APPLICATIONS, I AGREE.
BUT I BELIEVE THEY SHOULD BE
00:08:21MAILED OUT EVERY TIME, NOT JUST
AT THE DISCRETION OF THE GENERAL
00:08:25ASSEMBLY.
YOU MAY RECALL THAT AN ARGUMENT
00:08:30ENSUED BETWEEN THE CURRENT
SECRETARY OF STATE IN CUYAHOGA
00:08:32COUNTY.
CUYAHOGA COUNTY HAS MAILED OUT
00:08:35THOSE ABSENTEE BALLOTS SINCE
2006.
00:08:39AND TO BE TOLD THAT WE COULD NOT
MAIL THEM OUT, AND IT WAS NOT
00:08:42UNTIL THIS ARGUMENT ENSUED THAT
OUR CURRENT COUNTY EXECUTIVE
00:08:46SAID WE WILL MAIL THEM OUT THAT
ALL OHIOANS GOT THE BENEFIT OF
00:08:50AN ABSENTEE BALLOT APPLICATION.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR VOTERS
00:08:56TO GET THAT.
ANOTHER THING I DO NOT AGREE
00:08:57WITH IN THIS BILL IS THE FACT
THAT SUFFICIENCY IS THE CURRENT
00:08:59LAW NOW, BUT COMPLETENESS AND
SUFFICIENCY IF SENATE BILL 205
00:09:09PASSES THE HOUSE, PUTTING THE
ONUS ON EVERY SINGLE ONE OF
00:09:11THOSE FIELDS FILLED OUT
COMPLETELY TO BE ABLE TO COUNT
00:09:15THAT IS WRONG.
WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE AND NOT
00:09:18PROTECT AND PUT UP BARRIERS TO
VOTING.
00:09:23>> THIS BILL COULD POTENTIALLY
RESULT IN FEWER PEOPLE VOTING,
00:09:29AND YET MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WOULD
GET ABSENTEE BALLOT APPLICATIONS
00:09:35WITHOUT EVEN HAVING TO ASK FOR
THEM.
00:09:36>> ONLY IF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
APPROPRIATE THE DOLLARS WILL
00:09:42THAT HAPPEN.
WHEREAS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IN
00:09:45TERMS OF HAVING A LOCAL CONTROL,
THE COUNTIES CAN DETERMINE
00:09:52WHETHER OR NOT THEY NEED TO MAIL
THOSE OUT.
00:09:53UNIFORMITY MAY SOUND GOOD, BUT
IN LARGER COUNTIES LIKE
00:09:56CUYAHOGA, THEY MAY NOT HAVE THE
SAME MEANS AS BUTLER COUNTY.
00:10:00LARGER COUNTIES LIKE CUYAHOGA,
THEY HAVE 38 TIMES THE PEOPLE.
00:10:07PEOPLE MAY STAND IN LONG LINES.
IT HAS A DIFFERENT IMPACT THAN
00:10:11IT DOES IN THE SMALLER AREAS OF
THE STATE.
00:10:13THIS IS ABOUT DOING WHAT IS IN
THE BEST INTEREST OF THE VOTER.
00:10:17UNIFORMITY SOUNDS GOOD, BUT IN A
PRACTICAL WAY, IT MIGHT NOT BE
00:10:21IN THE BEST INTEREST OF A VOTER
IN, LET'S SAY, FRANKLIN OR
00:10:24CUYAHOGA COUNTY.
>> WHAT ABOUT THAT IDEA OF
00:10:26UNIFORMITY?
IT IS AN ARGUMENT THAT MAKES IT
00:10:31SOUND LIKE IT IS FAIR TO
EVERYBODY, BUT DON'T LOCAL
00:10:33COUNTIES KNOW THEIR OWN VOTERS
BEST AND SHOULDN'T COUNTIES BE
00:10:35ABLE TO A -- BE ABLE TO MAKE
THEIR OWN DECISIONS?
00:10:38>> WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S
INTERESTING.
00:10:42WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MAKEUP OF
OUR STATE, WE HAD WITNESSES
00:10:46TESTIFY FROM DELAWARE COUNTY
THAT POINTED OUT THAT INSIDE THE
00:10:49CITY OF DUBLIN YOU COULD BE A
RESIDENT OF DELAWARE COUNTY OR
00:10:56FRANKLIN COUNTY.
IF THE FRANKLIN COUNTY BOARD OF
00:10:58ELECTIONS DECIDED TO SEND
BALLOTS, THE PERSON ACROSS THE
00:11:03STREET IN DELAWARE COUNTY WOULD
NOT GET ONE UNLESS THEY MADE THE
00:11:05SAME DECISION.
AND IN MY CORNER OF THE STATE,
00:11:10THE CITY OF LOVELAND IS
SEPARATED INTO THREE SEPARATE
00:11:13COUNTIES.
CLAREMONT, WARREN, AND HAMILTON
00:11:14COUNTIES.
ANY IDEA THAT PEOPLE IN THE SAME
00:11:19CITY WOULD NOT RECEIVE THE SAME
TREATMENT SEEMS TO SMACK OF
00:11:21UNFAIRNESS.
THOSE ARE THE VERY THINGS THAT
00:11:26WE WERE CAUTIONED BY THE FEDERAL
COURT TO MAKE SURE WE ALLEVIATE.
00:11:30>> SENATOR TURNER, THE IDEA OF
ALLOWING LOCAL OFFICIALS TO MAKE
00:11:33THEIR OWN DECISIONS, DOESN'T
THAT PUT A LOT OF POWER INTO
00:11:36LOCAL OFFICIALS HANDS,
ESPECIALLY INCUMBENTS WHO WANT
00:11:42TO PROTECT THEIR WAY TO THE
BALLOT?
00:11:43>> IS IS ABOUT WHAT IS FAIR TO
THE VOTER.
00:11:46IN EVERY ELECTION BILL THAT WE
INTRODUCE AND DEBATE IN THIS
00:11:49LEGISLATURE, IT SHOULD HAVE THE
VOTER IN OUR MINDS I'VE.
00:11:52-- IN OUR MIND EYE.
HAVING THE LOCAL ELECTED BOARD
00:12:04OF ELECTIONS MAKE THOSE
DECISIONS BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE
00:12:09PATTERNS OF THEIR VOTERS BEST,
TO ME, IS IN THE BEST INTEREST
00:12:12OF THE VOTERS IN THE STATE OF
OHIO.
00:12:15UNIFORMITY DOES NOT NECESSARILY
MEAN EQUALITY OF ACCESS FOR THE
00:12:22VOTERS IN THE STATE.
BUT IF I MAY, SENATOR TURNER,
00:12:26THAT STATEMENT -- >> IF I MAY,
SENATOR TURNER, THAT STATE MEET
00:12:31IN MAKES ME WONDER ABOUT YOUR
OPPOSITION TO SENATOR UECKER'S
00:12:38BILL.
ONE PRECINCT HAS A HIGH VOTER
00:12:42TURNOUT.
WHAT DO WE MOVE MACHINES TO THIS
00:12:49OTHER PRECINCT THAT HAD A LOW
EARLY VOTING TURNOUT TO AVOID
00:12:54LINES ON ELECTION DAY THERE?
GIVING THAT FLEXIBILITY IN THE
00:13:00BILL THAT SENATOR UECKER
SPONSORED, I DON'T UNDERSTAND
00:13:06HOW YOU OPPOSE THAT ON ONE SIDE
AND THEN YOU OPPOSE UNIFORMITY
00:13:13ON THE OTHER.
>> THE ULTIMATE NUMBER THAT WE
00:13:18HAD AS A STATE WAS AN ARBITRARY
NUMBER TO BEGIN WITH.
00:13:20WE HAD LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMING
TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
00:13:23PRIMARILY COMMISSION --
COMMISSIONERS SAYING, WE NEED TO
00:13:29SAVE DOLLARS AND WE NEED RELIEF.
I DO UNDERSTAND AND HAVE A
00:13:37SENSITIVITY TO THE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS NEEDS.
00:13:39THE LIMIT THAT I PUT FORWARD,
SENATOR, AS YOU MAY REMEMBER,
00:13:42WAS ONE THAT WOULD HAVE GIVEN
THEM THE RELIEF THAT THEY NEED,
00:13:48WHILE WE STUDY THE ISSUE THAT
GETS US TO THE NUMBER THAT IS
00:13:51NECESSARY AND NOT TAKE US TO
ARBITRARY NUMBERS.
00:13:56TO ME, THAT WAS THE BETTER FIX
THAN THE WAY IT HAD BEEN DONE.
00:13:59FURTHERMORE, MOST OF THE
ELECTION BILLS THAT ARE COMING
00:14:01BEFORE THE SENATE RIGHT NOW, AND
DARE I SAY THE HOUSE, ARE NOT
00:14:06DONE IN A BIPARTISAN WAY
WHATSOEVER.
00:14:07WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL AND DEBATE
THESE ISSUES WITH ALL THE
00:14:10LIBERATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE DOING WHAT IS IN THE BEST
00:14:13INTEREST OF THE VOTERS.
THAT IS MY OPPOSITION TO 200.
00:14:19>> AGAIN, I THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT THE
00:14:25WHOLE PICTURE.
I KNOW THAT YOU SAY THE NUMBERS
00:14:29WERE ARBITRARY.
BUT UP IN YOUR CORNER OF THE
00:14:31STATE IN LAKE COUNTY, WE HAD ONE
OF THE COMMISSIONERS WHO CAME IN
00:14:34AND SAID -- HE CALLED ME TO MY
WE'VE GOT -- HE CALLED ME AND
00:14:43SAID, WE GOT MACHINES WE ARE NOT
USING.
00:14:44LET'S NOT WASTE MORE MONEY AND
MOVIES AROUND.
00:14:51WHY DO WE WANT TO FORCE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT OR STATE TO PURCHASE
00:14:56MACHINES WHEN THERE ARE MACHINES
SITTING THERE UNUSED?
00:15:00WE COULD ACCOMPLISH THE SAME
GOAL BY ALLOWING FLEX ABILITY
00:15:03FOR LOCAL OFFICIALS TO FREE UP
RESOURCES TO PERFORM OTHER
00:15:07IMPORTANT WORKS.
>> MY AMENDMENT WOULD HAVE
00:15:10GOTTEN US TO THAT SAME FIX.
I KNOW THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER
00:15:13YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT,
COMMISSIONER TROY.
00:15:15HE CALLED ME AS WELL.
HIS MAJOR ARGUMENT WAS THE
00:15:19STRESSES ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
BECAUSE THEY HAVE TOO MANY
00:15:21BUDGETS THEY HAVE TO ADHERE TO
BECAUSE OF THE CUTS AT THE HANDS
00:15:25OF OUR STATE GOVERNMENT.
>> I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT
00:15:27ANOTHER BILL, THIS IDEA OF
CUTTING THE WINDOW AND
00:15:32SHORTENING IT FROM 31 DAYS TO 29
DAYS.
00:15:39WHY IS THAT A GOOD IDEA OR NOT?
WHY SHORTEN IT?
00:15:42DON'T YOU WANT TO HAVE MORE
ACCESS FOR VOTERS TO GET OUT
00:15:46THERE AND VOTE?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
00:15:47IN OHIO, EVEN AT 29 DAYS, THAT
WOULD BE ONE OF THE LONGEST
00:15:53EARLY VOTING TIME FRAMES IN THE
NATION.
00:15:54BUT THE IDEA OF GETTING RID OF
THE GOLDEN TIMEFRAME WHERE YOU
00:16:01REGISTER AND VOTE AT THE SAME
TIME, AGAIN, ANOTHER BIPARTISAN
00:16:03IDEA AND I BELIEVE IT WAS
SOMETHING INCLUDED IN THE 129TH
00:16:07GENERAL ASSEMBLY, BY MY
COLLEAGUES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE
00:16:13AISLE, SENATOR SKINDELL AND
BROWN, WHO VOTED ON THAT WHEN WE
00:16:18WERE IN THE HOUSE TOGETHER.
IT IS AN IDEA OF A UNIFORM SET
00:16:23OF PROCEDURES ACROSS THE STATE,
BUT PROVIDING ENOUGH FLEX
00:16:24ABILITY WITHIN THE COUNTY TO
TAKE CARE OF LOCAL ISSUES, AND
00:16:30MAKING SURE THAT ALL VOTERS HAVE
THE CHANCE TO -- NOTHING IN
00:16:36SENATOR LAROSE'S BILL DOES
ANYTHING TO SHORTEN OPPORTUNITY.
00:16:42>> YOU COULDN'T HAVE THE SAME
DAY VOTER REGISTRATION DURING
00:16:47THE GOLDEN WEEK, COULD YOU?
>> I BELIEVE YOU COULD.
00:16:49>> BUT AGAIN, OHIO AFTER THE
DEBACLE OF 2004, RIGHTED ITSELF.
00:16:55GOLDEN WEEK WAS A PART OF THAT.
A LOT OF MEMBERS IN THE SENATE
00:17:01RIGHT NOW, AS SENATOR COLEY
STATED, VOTED FOR THAT.
00:17:08WHY ON GODS GREEN EARTH ARE
PEOPLE TRYING TO PEEL BACK
00:17:10OPPORTUNITIES FOR VOTERS TO GO
IN AND REGISTER, CORRECT
00:17:13MISTAKES, AND VOTE?
IT ABSOLUTELY MAKES NO SENSE.
00:17:19WE SHOULD BE ENCOURAGING AND
PROTECTING THE ACCESS TO THE
00:17:22BALLOT BOX.
THAT IS NOT HAPPENING.
00:17:25THAT IN MY MIND WAS WHY WE
NEEDED TO GET RID OF GOLDEN
00:17:29WEEK.
>> 29 DAYS IS PRETTY LONG.
00:17:3235 DAYS IS LONGER, BUT 29 IS
PRETTY LONG, TOO.
00:17:37>> WE SHOULD BE THE GOLD
STANDARD FOR VOTING IN THE
00:17:40NATION.
35 IS GENEROUS.
00:17:4429 IS STILL GENEROUS.
WE SHOULD BE PUSHING FOR ALL
00:17:47VOTERS IN THE STATE OF OHIO, NO
MATTER WHO THEY WANT TO VOTE
00:17:50FOR, HAVE THAT KIND OF ACCESS.
I'M PROUD THAT WE HAVE A 35 DAY
00:17:53WINDOW.
>> IS THERE CONCERN THAT VOTING
00:17:54THAT EARLY WILL BE MOSTLY
PARTISAN?
00:17:58YOU COULD BE VOTING BEFORE THE
DEBATES.
00:18:01>> WE TRUST OUR VOTERS TO BE
MAKE THOSE -- TO MAKE THOSE
00:18:08DECISIONS FOR THEMSELVES.
THIS IS ABOUT ACCESS FOR ALL
00:18:11VOTERS, AT A -- ALL VOTERS, NO
MATTER WHAT DIRECTION THEY LEAN,
00:18:17RED, BLUE, PURPLE.
>> WHAT ABOUT THAT?
00:18:21WHY CAN'T YOU TRUST THE VOTERS
TO GO 35 DAYS?
00:18:24>> I ABSOLUTELY TRUST THE
VOTERS.
00:18:26I DON'T THINK YOU WANT TO VOTE
TODAY FOR THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL
00:18:31ELECTION.
IT MIGHT BE A TAD EARLY.
00:18:32ENTER YOUR POINT AGAIN, I
BELIEVE EARLY VOTING STARTED THE
00:18:36MORNING OF THE FIRST DEBATE.
THERE WERE MANY WHO VOTED BEFORE
00:18:42THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE IN
THE LAST ELECTION.
00:18:43I DON'T KNOW THAT -- OF COURSE,
THE VOTER HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO
00:18:50WAIT.
BUT TO ALMOST EMBRACE A POLICY
00:18:52WHERE PEOPLE WILL BE VOTING
ALMOST BEFORE THEY HAVE SEEN THE
00:18:56TWO CANDIDATES GO HEAD TO HEAD,
I DON'T KNOW THAT IS A GOOD
00:18:59POLICY FOR THE STATE OF OHIO.
>> IT IS A CHOICE.
00:19:02THE VOTER DOESN'T HAVE TO, BUT
IT IS A CHOICE THAT THEY HAVE.
00:19:07WE HAVE GOT TO STOP RUNNING
ELECTIONS FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF
00:19:09GOVERNMENT.
IF YOU LOOK AT A LOT OF THESE
00:19:12BILLS, THEY ARE FOR THE
CONVENIENCE OF GOVERNMENT AND
00:19:14NOT NECESSARILY THE CONVENIENCE
OF THE VOTER.
00:19:16VOTERS ARE SAVVY ENOUGH TO KNOW.
EITHER YOU VOTE THAT EARLY OR
00:19:21YOU WAIT A LITTLE LONGER, BUT AT
LEAST YOU HAVE A PLETHORA OF
00:19:24OPTIONS TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
WE SHOULD BE PROUD OF THAT IN
00:19:28THE STATE OF OHIO.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE WEEKEND BEFORE
00:19:29THE ELECTION?
YOU REFERENCE THE OBAMA VERSUS
00:19:32HUSTED ARGUMENT WHEN EARLY
VOTING WAS BEING DEBATED.
00:19:39WHAT IS YOUR POSITION ON EARLY
VOTING BEFORE THE ELECTION ECHO
00:19:43-- THE WEEK BEFORE THE ELECTION?
X I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY PENDING
00:19:47LEGISLATION ON THAT NOW.
>> DO YOU THINK IT IS A CONCERN
00:19:51NOW?
>> IT IS AN ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN
00:19:54BROUGHT TO US.
AND IT IS A DISCUSSION THAT I
00:19:59BELIEVE BOTH CAUCUSES -- I KNOW
MY CAUCUS HAS HAD THE DISCUSSION
00:20:01AND I THINK SENATOR TURNER HAS
HAD THAT DISCUSSION WITH HER
00:20:06CAUCUS.
WE ARE TRYING TO COME UP WITH A
00:20:07GOOD RESOLUTION TO THAT.
WHEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE VOTING
00:20:11MACHINES SET UP THE NIGHT BEFORE
THE ELECTION AND HAVE EVERYTHING
00:20:12UP AND READY TO GO BY 6:00 A.M.
THE NEXT DAY ON ELECTION DAY, IT
00:20:16IS PROBLEMATIC FOR ELECTIONS
OFFICIALS.
00:20:19AS FAR AS EARLY VOTING, PEOPLE
WOULD STILL HAVE THE RIGHT TO
00:20:23CAST AN ABSENTEE BALLOT THE DAY
BEFORE THE ELECTION.
00:20:26IT IS JUST WHETHER WE HAVE TO
HAVE A WHOLE PRECINCT SET UP.
00:20:31BUT THERE ARE BILLS PENDING IN
THE OHIO HOUSE RIGHT NOW THAT
00:20:35WILL TAKE AWAY WITH EARLY VOTING
-- >> THERE ARE BILLS PENDING IN
00:20:40THE OHIO HOUSE RIGHT NOW THAT
WILL TAKE AWAY EARLY VOTING
00:20:42OPPORTUNITIES.
I'M VERY CONCERNED AT THE WAY
00:20:44THINGS ARE TURNING OUT RIGHT NOW
IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THAT
00:20:48THERE WILL BE SOME EFFORT TO
TAKE AWAY THOSE WEEKEND OUR
00:20:51OPPORTUNITIES AND ALSO -- AND
ALSO AFTER TRADITIONAL BUSINESS
00:20:57OPPORTUNITIES.
YOU GO BACK 10 YEARS OR SO AND
00:21:01YOU WOULD NEVER DREAM THAT A
BANK WOULD BE OPEN ON A SUNDAY
00:21:05OR UNTIL 7:00 P.M.
YOU LOOK AT GAS STATIONS AND
00:21:10THERE WAS A POINT IN TIME IN
THIS COUNTRY WHEN GAS STATIONS
00:21:12WERE NOT EVEN OPEN AS LATE AS
THEY ARE.
00:21:14NOW WE HAVE 24-HOUR GAS
STATIONS.
00:21:18I USE THOSE EXAMPLES TO SAY THAT
WE SHOULD BE YOU -- BE PUSHING
00:21:21FOR MORE ACCESS FOR ALL PEOPLE,
REGARDLESS OF THEIR
00:21:26SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS.
>> ISN'T THERE A BALANCE TO BE
00:21:27STRUCK BETWEEN THE CONVENIENCE
OF THE VOTER, BUT ALSO TO MAKE
00:21:31SURE THAT THINGS RUN SMOOTHLY?
THAT ON THE DAY OF ELECTIONS,
00:21:35THAT THE WORKERS ARE PREPARED
FOR THE FINAL COUNT THAT NIGHT?
00:21:40>> WE TRAIN PEOPLE FOR WHAT
HAPPENED IN OHIO.
00:21:44GIVE ME STRONG EXAMPLES FOR WHAT
HAS HAPPENED THAT WE HAVE TO
00:21:49UPSET THINGS IN TERMS OF ACCESS.
EVEN DURING GOLDEN WEEK, THERE
00:21:54IS NOT ONE INCIDENT THAT
HAPPENED DURING GOLDEN WEEK --
00:21:59MAYBE SENATOR COLEY KNOWS, BUT I
DON'T KNOW -- NOTHING THAT
00:22:03HAPPENED THAT WOULD MARRY
CHANGING THE WAY WE DO IT.
00:22:06-- THAT WOULD MERIT CHANGING THE
WAY WE DO IT.
00:22:11>> AND PHOTO ID NOT BEING
REDUCED RIGHT NOW, BUT STILL
00:22:15BEING DEBATED.
>> THAT IS IN THE HOUSE.
00:22:18>> I APOLOGIZE.
THAT IS THE HOUSE, NOT THE
00:22:20SENATE.
BUT I WONDER, PHOTO ID, THERE
00:22:25ARE A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT SOME
20% OF THE POPULATION BEING LEFT
00:22:28OUT, STUDENTS, WOMEN, LOWER
INCOME FOLKS.
00:22:31WIFE VOTER ID?
-- WHY PHOTO ID?
00:22:36BUT I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY BILL IN
THE SENATE THAT CURRENTLY HAS
00:22:41THAT.
THERE ARE TREMENDOUS -- >> I'M
00:22:43NOT AWARE OF ANY BILL IN THE
SENATE THAT HAS THAT TOPIC
00:22:47CURRENTLY.
THERE ARE TREMENDOUS CONCERNS
00:22:48ABOUT PEOPLE WANTING TO RESTRICT
FRAUD OR PEOPLE GOING TO THE
00:22:55POLLS AND VOTING AND ARE NOT WHO
THEY SAY THEY ARE.
00:22:59BUT WE DON'T WANT TO INCUR
NEEDLESS WEIGHT AND MAKE IT MORE
00:23:07INCONVENIENT FOR PEOPLE TO VOTE
WITHOUT A GOOD REASON.
00:23:09THERE IS THAT BALANCE THAT
OCCURS IN THE LEGISLATIVE
00:23:12PROCESS.
AS I SAID, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY
00:23:15BILL AT THE PRESENT TIME TO
REQUIRE PHOTO ID.
00:23:18>> YOU MENTIONED VOTER FRAUD.
DO YOU FEEL VOTER FRAUD IS A
00:23:23REAL PROBLEM?
>> ANYTIME THAT SOMEONE IS NOT A
00:23:28PERMITTED VOTER IN THE STATE OF
OHIO CASTS A BALLOT, THEY DILUTE
00:23:31THE OVERALL VOTE.
>> THERE WAS A SMALL NUMBER, A
00:23:34REPORT FROM THE SECRETARY OF
STATE OFFICE THAT SAID THERE
00:23:37WERE 625 BALLOT THAT SHOWED
IRREGULARITIES OUT OF 5.6
00:23:42MILLION NEVER CAST, AND ONLY
ABOUT 13 WERE TURNED OVER TO
00:23:44PROSECUTORS.
SOMEONE SAY THAT IS NOT REALLY A
00:23:47PROBLEM.
-- SOME WOULD SAY THAT IS NOT
00:23:52REALLY A PROBLEM.
>> I WOULD NOT CONSIDER 13
00:23:56CRIMES NOT A PROBLEM IN THE
STATE OF OHIO.
00:23:57BY TURNING THOSE OVER TO LAW-
ENFORCEMENT AND VIGOROUSLY
00:24:00ENFORCING THEM, WE WOULD
DISCOURAGE ANYONE FROM DOING
00:24:03THAT IN THE STATE OF OHIO.
VOTER FRAUD IS AS OLD AS VOTING.
00:24:07WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PREVENT
00:24:09THAT, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME
MAKING SURE THAT WE DO NOT
00:24:12RESTRICT ACCESS FOR THE GOOD
CITIZENS OF THE STATE OF OHIO
00:24:17WHO WANT TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT
TO VOTE.
00:24:19>> VOTER FRAUD IS AGAINST THE
LAW, AND WE ALL SUPPORT THAT.
00:24:21LESS THAN ONE PERCENT OF ONE
PERCENT, EVEN FROM THE CURRENT
00:24:25SECRETARY OF STATE OWN RESEARCH
-- THE BRENNAN CENTER SAYS YOU
00:24:29HAVE A HIGHER LIKELIHOOD OF
BEING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING THAN
00:24:37COMMITTING VOTER FRAUD.
IT IS A RED HERRING.
00:24:39IT IS MEANT TO SCARE PEOPLE
ABOUT THE PROCESS OF ELECTIONS
00:24:42INTEGRITY.
THE OTHER THING IS MAKING SURE
00:24:45PEOPLE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
VOTE, THAT IS THE OTHER THING
00:24:50ABOUT ELECTIONS INTEGRITY.
STRICT VOTER ROLLS RESTRICT
00:24:55PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO VOTE.
YOU NAME SOME OF THOSE.
00:24:57ELDERLY FOLKS, YOUNG PEOPLE,
COLLEGE STUDENTS, AFRICAN-
00:24:59AMERICANS.
THERE WAS A REPORT THAT 100,000
00:25:03OHIOANS DO NOT HAVE PHOTO ID.
WE DO HAVE VOTER ID IN THE STATE
00:25:10OF OHIO, BUT IT IS NOT STRICT
GOVERNMENT ISSUE VOTER ID.
00:25:14YOU HAVE YOUR DRIVERS LICENSE,
STATE ID, UTILITY BILL,
00:25:18GOVERNMENT PAY STUB.
AND IT IS WORKING.
00:25:20IF WE DO WANT TO CHANGE ANYTHING
WITH VOTER ID, I THINK WE SHOULD
00:25:26ALLOW PEOPLE TO USE YOUR
PASSPORT AS A TYPE OF ID, WHICH
00:25:29WE CANNOT USE RIGHT NOW.
ANY EFFORT TO RESTRICT VOTER ID
00:25:34IS VOTER SUPPRESSION.
>> WHEN YOU HAVE FOLKS THAT SAY,
00:25:37I HAVE TO SHOW A PHOTO ID TO
CASH A CHECK --
00:25:39>> VOTING IS A FUNDAMENTAL
RIGHT.
00:25:43IT IS THE ONE PLACE THAT ALL OF
US, REGARDLESS OF OUR RACE,
00:25:46GENDER, RELIGION, POLITICAL
AFFILIATION CAN BE EQUAL.
00:25:50WE SHOULD BE ENCOURAGING THAT
AND PROTECTING IT, NOT PUTTING
00:25:53UP ROADBLOCKS AND BARRIERS.
AND THAT IS WHAT STRICT VOTER ID
00:25:56DOES.
>> WE WILL HAVE TO LEAVE IT
00:25:57THERE THIS WEEK.
WE WILL COME BACK TO THIS TOPIC
00:26:04NEXT WEEK.
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