Secretary of State Jon Husted set off a fire storm by suspending two country board of election officials who voted to expand voting hours. Rather than just casting the tie breaking vote in favor of not expanding the hours, Husted took the radical step of suspending them prior to a hearing to be held this morning on whether to fire them. In response, over a 100 protesters gathered at 8 am this morning outside Husted's office to hear from the two embattled board members, Dennis Lieberman and Tom Ritchie.
Here are some of the signs that lined the streets of downtown Columbus this morning:
