Jon Husted wants feds to keep out of Ohio elections [View all]

Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted wants the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to keep its hands off the state's voting process, despite concerns about possible disruptions to this year's election.

That's because he doesn't want to hand over control of of Ohio's election to the federal government.

“The federal government has a lot of mission creep when it comes to elections in the country,” Husted said today in a press call with reporters.

He is calling on Congress to establish a law prohibiting the homeland security department from defining election equipment as "critical infratructure" that theoretically could be taken over in an emergency.

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