Thread by @DavidPepper

The @clevelanddotcom Ed Board is not mincing words: "LaRose has used the power of his office improperly to make it harder for voters in Cuyahoga County and the state’s other urban counties to cast their ballots."

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LaRose is "overruling local elections officials on their bipartisan decisions about how best to keep elections orderly and safe, & ballots secure. LaRose is the one upending balance in the system and creating the litigation he has said he wanted to avoid."

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"But with less than three weeks to go before early voting starts, LaRose needs to explain actions that make it harder for elections officials -- by law, two Republicans and two Democrats running election boards in every county in Ohio -- to plan ahead and do their jobs."

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"...LaRose needs to explain why he is impairing efforts by local elections officials to plan ahead, to avoid voter confusion and potentially chaotic conditions that could impede voting."

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"...These are not the actions of a voting-access advocate. These are not the actions we expect from Frank LaRose. He needs to reverse course."

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