From Ballotpedia:
Heading into the 2018 election, the
sitting secretary of state is Jon Husted (R),
who was first elected in 2010 and was re-elected
in 2014. Husted is prevented
by term limits from seeking election to a
third term in 2018.
State Senator Frank LaRose is the GOP candidate for Ohio Secretary
of State. His website has his bio, and I am not pleased to read that he introduced
legislation to make it easier for Ohioans to go online to register to vote. From
LaRose’s website:
Senate
Bill 318 will simplify absentee voting for all Ohioans by allowing voters to go
online and request a vote-by-mail ballot. Currently, voters must mail requests
for an absentee ballot to their local board of elections. This bill will make
the process more efficient and more secure all while improving speed and
convenience for voters.
More efficient and secure? Or maybe
more opportunities for voter fraud. (Remember the Soros-funded Secretary of State Project? To paraphrase Stalin, it’s not who votes; it’s who counts the votes.)
So conservative voters may be looking at another
hold-your-nose election.
Former Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell published an
article at American Thinker, “The Left Wants to Control Ohio Elections,” that
takes a longer view at the race for Ohio Secretary of State:
Hyper-partisan
liberals once again have their eyes on Ohio. This time, they want to
take over the office in charge of making sure the state's elections are fair,
honest and transparent. Judging from the money they're spending and
false outrage they're spewing, leftists will stop at nothing until they have
one of their own in charge of counting
votes in Ohio. We have to stop them.
. . .
[C]apturing the Ohio secretary of state's office
is vital to the left's master plan of electing America's next
president. No Republican has won the presidency without winning
Ohio. A critical swing state, Ohio has voted for the winner in
presidential races in twenty-eight out of the last thirty
elections. As Ohio goes, so goes the nation.
They
have full access to the Clinton Money Machine and the Obama
Operation. While it may seem strange to witness millions of dollars
pouring into a down ballot race in the heartland, there is a method to the
Democrats' madness. Delve below the surface, and you will see that
the Democrats have their sights set on 2020, defeating Donald Trump, taking
back the presidency. Winning the [Ohio] secretary of state's race is
a means to that end.
In the
wrong hands, that office will become a de facto arm of the Ohio Democratic
Party and the Democratic National Committee. Eric Holder and a
laundry list of presidential wannabes know that. Realizing what our
rivals are capable of, Republicans should be on high alert. They
mean business. They've got millions. They don't fight
fair. It's that serious.
Their
candidate for this high office is Kathleen Clyde. She fits the
pattern of coming from the far left of the political spectrum and being loud
and confrontational in her style. She is advancing the preposterous
and obviously unconstitutional notion that if a presidential candidate does not
release his taxes, he is immediately and irrevocably kept off the ballot in
Ohio. You can see how far-fetched and far left her agenda is.
. . .
The
person the Democrats nominate, whoever it is, will target Ohio as the missing
piece to the puzzle they need to claim the Oval Office so they can pick up
where Barack Obama left off. If they seize control of the Ohio
secretary of state's office and they control the machinery of government in the
Buckeye State, they will set to work pressing their advantage. That
is why Republicans are taking action: because winning the Ohio secretary of
state's race is absolutely vital to the integrity of our elections and the
future of our country.
You can read Blackwell’s full article here. I plan to
re-post this shortly before Election Day.
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