Good news -- faced with the prospect of appearing in court to explain himself, Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted has rescinded his order to continue restricting early-voting hours.
Husted also issued a formal apology to the court for Directive 2012-40. “The Secretary’s intention was not to create a stay of this Court’s Order,” the filing read. “The Secretary apologizes to the federal district court for creating that misimpression and has rescinded Directive 2012-40.”
Directive 2012-40 declared that Husted would "prohibit county boards of elections from determining hours for the Friday, Saturday, Sunday, or Monday before the election," but he claims staying the court's order was not his intention?
Translation: please don't hurt me!
I reserve the right to lob childish ridicule in Husted's general direction for having the arrogance to believe he can write his own laws and for being an embarrassment to Ohio.
Bravo to Judge Peter Economus for making Husted pee his pants.