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Ohio SOS race will be a ‘lesser of two evils’ contest

By Tom Blumer | For Ohio Watchdog

The 2014 race for Ohio Secretary of State is shaping up as a quintessential “lesser of two evils” contest.

Last week, state Sen. Nina Turner, D-Senate District 25, officially declared her candidacy in a run to unseat Republicanincumbent Jon Husted.

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Those who wish to see Ohio return to a relatively fraud-proof, tamper-proof elections process — something the state had until late 2005, when a Republican General Assembly passed legislation allowing early voting and no-excuses absentee balloting — will find little to cheer about in either candidate.

It’s unlikely that Turner or Husted will face primary challenges, or that a credible third-party general-election contender will appear.

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