At the Delaware County Election Board meeting yesterday, a handful of Republicans stood against a room full of Democrats.
The Republicans knew going in that it would be an uphill battle.
When the issue of putting up a satellite early voting center was brought up by Phil Nichols at the Sept. 4 election board meeting, Kaye Whitehead was quoted by The Star Press saying it would cause uninformed voters to be easily swayed by such things as free T-shirts and hot dogs. During the Sept. 9 election board meeting, Frank Hood said SGA would donate up to $1,500 in support of the issue. Tom Morrison, Vice President of Human Resources, said the university would provide a location, parking and some expenses if the early voting site would be on campus. Going into the meeting yesterday, Bill Bruns, the lone republican on the board, did not vote in favor of the site. The Delaware County Election Board must pass any issue by a unanimous vote. Bruns said he voted against the early voting site because it was brought up with not enough time to deliberate about the location of the site. Opponents say his vote furthered the partisan divide at the campus and county level.
However, in this case, the Republicans may have fired the finishing shot.
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