t r u t h o u t - FOCUS: American Democracy Hangs by a Thread in Ohio

t r u t h o u t - FOCUS: American Democracy Hangs by a Thread in Ohio

Goodness, things are really getting crazy out there. Ohio is basically a state of mayhem at the moment. How many lawsuits are there?

John Conyers, D-MI: "At the outset of this hearing, I would like to announce that 10 members of Congress, including myself, have written to (Ohio) Gov. Taft asking him to either delay or treat as provisional the vote of Ohio's presidential electors," Rep. John Conyers, the senior Democrat on the Judiciary Committee said at the outset. "The closer we get to Columbus and the Ohio presidential election, the worse it looks. Each and every day it becomes increasingly clear that the Republican power structure in this state is acting as if it has something to hide."