Ohio elections chief fires 2 Democratic officials

Associated Press

COLUMBUS

The state’s elections chief fired two Democrats from an elections board Tuesday after they pushed to extend early voting into the weekends in their southwest Ohio county, beyond the hours he had ordered.

Secretary of State Jon Husted initially suspended Thomas Ritchie Sr. and Dennis Lieberman from their positions on the Montgomery County Board of Elections and then temporarily lifted the suspension last week so the Dayton-area board could continue its work.

He told the members in a letter Tuesday that he was immediately dismissing them.