Official refuses to comply with early voting: Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted announced on Tuesday that the state would not comply with a court ruling and restore early voting in the final weekend before the election until an appellate court rules on the matter, the Huffington Post reports.
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Yvette Clarke gets slavery story wrong: On The Colbert Report Tuesday night, the Democratic representative from New York said that slavery in the United States existed under the Dutch as late as 1898 in Brooklyn. Wrong.
Fact-checking the FLOTUS speech: The Huffington Post says the “good jobs” claim is at odds with the president’s track record.
Black delegates at the Democratic National Convention look past Obama’s race: According to an NPR report, in the minds of many in Charlotte, N.C., his African-American identity has taken a backseat to the concrete issues he’s working to address.
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