@bkcunningham. Why the need for that site to lie? In another article linked by that one, they state “President Obama, the Commander-in-Chief, has filed a lawsuit to prevent the men and women of our military from having every opportunity to vote this election,” which is flatly false. The lawsuit clearly states that it seeks the reinstatement of the early voting period for all voters and no restriction on military voters. Obama’s team even backed the intervention, stating:
“Plaintiffs’ memorandum in support of motion to intervene, Aug. 3: Plaintiffs seek to restore for all voters access to early voting through the Monday before Election Day. Neither the substance of its Equal Protection claim, nor the relief requested, challenges the legislature’s authority to make appropriate accommodation, including early voting during the period in question, for military voters, their spouse or dependents. The question before the Court is whether, in the circumstances of this case, the State of Ohio may arbitrarily and without justification withdraw from all other Ohio eligible voters the same right they previously had to vote the weekend and Monday before Election Day.”
And your article states that “President Obama’s re-election campaign argues in federal court that giving military personnel these three extra days to cast their in-person absentee ballotis “entirely arbitrary” and has “no legitimate justification’ in the law” but this is also flatly false. It explicitly argues that the extra days are necessary:
“Without early voting in these last three days before Election Day, tens of thousands of citizens who would have otherwise exercised their right to vote during this time period, including Plaintiffs’ members and supporters, may not be able to participate in future elections at all.”
So your article is highly misleading. It acts as if the intent and thrust of the lawsuit is to strip the extra voting, but it is plainly incorrect. They are clearly filing this lawsuit to attack the unnecessary changes (which they even, charitably, chalk up to legislative confusion) which strip rights, while leaving the current extended military period unchanged.