Group decries postponement of early voting

YOUNGSTOWN — Members of Union Baptist Church and the Ohio Organizing Collaborative raised concerns today about the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision to postpone early voting until next Tuesday.

Rev. Michael Harrison, pastor of the Youngstown church and co-chairman of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative, said at Union Baptist that the court decision “devastated a lot of years of struggle” for people who’ve fought for the right to vote.

“You can take a week away from us, but we will not give up the fight,” he said.

Early voting was to start Tuesday, but a 5-4 decision Monday by the Supreme Court sided with Secretary of State Jon Husted, a Republican, who argued lower federal courts had overstepped their authority by adding a week of early voting and offered more evening and Sunday opportunities to cast ballots.

The Ohio Organizing Collaborative, a statewide community organizing group, had press conferences today throughout Ohio.

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