John Conyers: “Members of the House, we are here today not as partisans for one Presidential candidate or another, but because we want…”

“Members of the House, we are here today not as partisans for one Presidential candidate or another, but because we want to do our duty under the Constitution to protect our democracy. We are here because of the inner-city voter in Franklin County who waited 10 hours in the pouring rain while suburban voters in the same county had no wait because election officials decided to reallocate voting machines from Columbus to the suburbs. We are here because of the Hispanic voter in Hamilton County who also stood in line for hours, but was directed to the wrong voting table and had his ballot thrown out because of a decision by the Secretary of State of Ohio to throw out ballots cast at the right polling place but the wrong precinct. We are here because of the elderly voter in Lucas County who requested an absentee ballot that never showed up and was refused a provisional ballot because of another partisan decision by the Secretary of State of Ohio. We are here because of the new voter in Delaware County whose registration form was thrown out because it did not meet the paper weight requirements set forth by the Secretary of State. We are here because of the African American voter in Summit County who was targeted with an unlawful voter challenge because of her race and because she refused to answer a certified letter from the chairman of the Republican Party.”