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Hicks-Hudson on Disreputable Vote Suppressor’s Influence on
LaRose’s Ohio Drop Box Ban
Special to The Truth
State Representative Paula
Hicks-Hudson (D-Toledo) responded last week to national news
outlet ProPublica’s revelations that the office of Secretary
of State Frank LaRose sought direction from notorious
national vote suppressor Hans von Spakovsky before issuing
an order banning more than one drop box per county.
There was a hearing last
week in the 10th District Court of Appeals on the drop box
issue. Rep. Hicks-Hudson was an affiant in the lawsuit
challenging the LaRose/von Spakovsky ban. She affirmed that
the Secretary of State told her he would allow more drop
boxes if he had a court order supporting the action.
Instead, when the court found his ban of multiple drop boxes
unreasonable, LaRose appealed the court’s order .
“The Secretary of State was
elected to deliver fair elections to all Ohioans and behave
in a nonpartisan manner,” Rep. Hicks-Hudson said. “While he
holds public Task Force meetings and press conferences and
claims to wear ‘the referee’s jersey,’ he’s been secretly
soliciting advice from Hans von Spakovsky, a man regarded by
voting rights experts as the ‘country’s worst vote
suppressor.’
“A quick look at Mr. von
Spakovsky’s record reveals him to be an intense partisan who
has viciously attacked voting rights and fought against
expanding the franchise throughout his career. The Secretary
of State claims to be transparent but has hidden from
Ohioans who he is really taking orders from. Hopefully, the
court will see through this deceit and uphold Ohioans' right
to a fair and accessible election.”
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