Written by Adriana Dakin   

Is it as easy for everyone in Ohio or Wisconsin to vote as it was for Michelle Obama 2 days ago? It’s not -- but there’s progress.

Last week Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted launched one last effort to keep from having to implement early voting fairly and equally for all voters on the weekend before the election. Fortunately, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Husted’s request on Tuesday. Having exhausted his appeals, Husted issued a directive to county election officials with uniform hours for early voting.

Husted’s directive caps a year of voting-rights victories for Fair Elections Ohio and a broad coalition of organizations that mobilized to defeat an unfair anti-voting law passed by the legislature and signed by the governor – and then fought officials’ relentless efforts to limit early voting.

See the story of people in Ohio, Wisconsin, and Colorado fighting for voting rights in a *new video* produced by The Leadership Conference Education Fund: http://youtu.be/Kqd6y7jujds

*Of course the ultimate victory over those who have tried to discourage voting is VOTING.*

You can find resources and useful organizations at http://www.civilrights.org/vote2012

Please share the video if you think voter rights are important!