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Election Night and Your Calls 11-3-2026 · Chuck Douglas

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  Speaker 1: Chuck Douglas in the Power Hour, 610 WTVN, the number 821-9886, 821-WTVN.
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  Speaker 1: This show is making me have to go to the
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  Speaker 1: bathroom tonight. We had John, then I went to traffic
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  Speaker 1: with Johnny Hill, and then we have John standing by again.
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  Speaker 1: Then we got another Johnny after that. Man, you guys
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  Speaker 1: are working on me.
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  Speaker 2: I should just put the other caller's name as John.
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  Speaker 1: No, we got a John, a Johnny, and a David.
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  Speaker 1: There's no other John. Watch another John's going to call. 821-WTVN,
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  Speaker 1: back to the LegacyRetirementGroup.com phone lines. John, you're on 610-WTVN. Hi.
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  Speaker 3: Hello, Chuck.
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  Speaker 4: It's another John here. Us Johns, we stick together.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I understand there's a union meeting tonight, too.
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  Speaker 4: It happens once a month around this time. Hey, Chuck,
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  Speaker 4: I just want to say I really enjoy you and
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  Speaker 4: Zach together. You guys are my favorite two personalities on 610.
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  Speaker 1: I never thought the marriage would last, but we're doing okay.
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  Speaker 5: Good, good.
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  Speaker 6: Keep it up.
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  Speaker 2: The honeymoon phase is still going on.
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  Speaker 4: I'm up here up north in Morrow County, Peru Township,
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  Speaker 4: and I went and voted after work. And it's a
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  Speaker 4: little township building. And there were a lot of cars
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  Speaker 4: pulling in and out of the driveway, more than I've
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  Speaker 4: ever seen.
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  Speaker 1: Excellent.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, absolutely.
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  Speaker 4: These are the people that are getting out of work.
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  Speaker 4: These are the normal people that don't vote early. This is...
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  Speaker 4: the cross-country of Ohio, the real backbone of our state.
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  Speaker 1: I agree. That's what I was telling Mr. Faber earlier,
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  Speaker 1: I believe. The traditionalists, the people who believe in the Constitution,
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  Speaker 1: the American flag, law and order, those are the kind
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  Speaker 1: of people that tend to vote on Election Day, and
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  Speaker 1: I think that puts them all over the top. I
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  Speaker 1: really do.
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  Speaker 4: Yes, sir, the vanguard.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely. And, John, did you get in and out pretty quickly,
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  Speaker 1: even though there was a good crowd? I did.
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  Speaker 6: I did.
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  Speaker 4: There was a line... There was one person that was
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  Speaker 4: kind of messing up the ballot machine when he was
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  Speaker 4: entering his card, but we got through that. He was
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  Speaker 4: trying to do something. I don't know. He didn't know
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  Speaker 4: how to put in the machine, but the poll worker
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  Speaker 4: helped him, and they tallied his ballot, and the rest
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  Speaker 4: of the line went pretty well.
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  Speaker 1: Excellent. I'm glad to hear it, buddy. Thanks very much
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  Speaker 1: for the check-in. I hope everything goes well for you
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  Speaker 1: up there in your county stuff. There's always somebody who
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  Speaker 1: doesn't know how to work the machines, too. It's like...
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  Speaker 1: You're voting. You know how to vote. You know how
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  Speaker 1: to push the buttons. You know how to push the button.
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  Speaker 1: And there's a guy next to you who's trying to
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  Speaker 1: take out $ 40 for gas. You can't do that at
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  Speaker 1: the voting machine. That's not. They don't dispense money. That's
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  Speaker 1: a rule.
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  Speaker 2: 821-9886.
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  Speaker 1: Johnny, you're on 610 WTVN. How are you?
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  Speaker 6: How you doing, Chuck?
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  Speaker 1: All right, sir.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm telling you, I sent you a message this morning.
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  Speaker 3: I went out and voted. I was sitting at the polls.
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  Speaker 3: At 6.30, the wife early voted. I did not, and
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  Speaker 3: I'm sitting here talking to my grandson about what we
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  Speaker 3: need to do to be conservatives. And I'm telling you,
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  Speaker 3: and you, Mark Blazer, and Zach, I'm telling you, Elliot,
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  Speaker 3: I listen to the show all the time.
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  Speaker 4: You guys are great. You really are.
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  Speaker 1: Well, we appreciate you.
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  Speaker 6: Thank you.
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  Speaker 3: I appreciate you. Thank you so much.
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  Speaker 1: You're very welcome, John. I appreciate the call. 821-9886 is
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  Speaker 1: the number. And David, you are on 610 WTVN.
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  Speaker 5: Good evening, Chuck. And welcome back, Dr. Z. You must
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  Speaker 5: be working him like I think he's. He sounded like
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  Speaker 5: he had six arms and four legs going over there.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, he has a serious load of things to handle
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  Speaker 1: when he's over there. That's why I always tell people,
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  Speaker 1: don't call up and gripe at Zach and tell him
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  Speaker 1: what you want to talk about and then hang up
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  Speaker 1: because dude's got his hands full.
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  Speaker 5: Oh, no. You know, Dr. Z is just the best producer.
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  Speaker 5: He just is. Anyway, the fellow was talking about.
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  Speaker 5: Those electric and utility aggregations, those are aggregators. They go
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  Speaker 5: around to different townships, and they get the township to
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  Speaker 5: put their choice of electric utilities on their ballot. And
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  Speaker 5: then they make it so that if you don't vote
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  Speaker 5: against it, it automatically goes into effect. Well, you can
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  Speaker 5: always vote against it. I mean, you can always take
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  Speaker 5: yourself off. But that came in with the open generation thing,
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  Speaker 5: and that's a whole different topic. I'd be glad to
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  Speaker 5: talk to you about that sometime. I worked on it.
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  Speaker 1: Well, ballot language is intentionally confusing, and I was talking
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  Speaker 1: to Mr. Faber about that earlier. I don't like this
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  Speaker 1: rule that says the ballot language must be in the affirmative,
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  Speaker 1: and sometimes you have to vote no in order to
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  Speaker 1: pass something. People need it simple. Make it understandable. Make
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  Speaker 1: it common knowledge of what this is so people don't
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  Speaker 1: have to go in there and decipher what they're voting on.
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  Speaker 5: Well, these are the same guys that ambush you at
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  Speaker 5: Walmart or Target or somewhere else and go, hey, how
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  Speaker 5: would you like to save money on your electric bill?
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  Speaker 5: And All they're doing, they don't have any generation. They
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  Speaker 5: don't have any transmission. They don't distribute electricity or gas
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  Speaker 5: or anything. All they do is buy it, and hopefully
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  Speaker 5: they have enough customers to buy it at a good price.
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  Speaker 1: Wow.
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  Speaker 5: So it's a little, yeah, that's a whole other evening, brother.
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  Speaker 1: It's hard to believe they even managed to get it
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  Speaker 1: on the ballot. How did... How do they even get
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  Speaker 1: that on the ballot in front of people? You'd have
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  Speaker 1: to have a number of petitions to get it on
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  Speaker 1: the ballot, wouldn't you?
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  Speaker 5: Not exactly. Not when you're doing it township by township.
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  Speaker 5: We did this, what was it, a year ago in
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  Speaker 5: a Troy township. And so they work it around small
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  Speaker 5: elections one at a time. You go in, you don't
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  Speaker 5: know anything about the issue, you're completely ambushed. So I'm
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  Speaker 5: not a big favor of it. I don't blame you.
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  Speaker 5: That's my part of it. So enjoy it, Chuck. And
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  Speaker 5: now this is the real Chuck I'm talking to, not
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  Speaker 5: odd Chuck. Is that correct?
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  Speaker 1: That's correct. I am the actual genuine Chuck. Mostly because
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  Speaker 1: nobody else would want to be me. That's why. You
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  Speaker 1: take care of yourself, David. I appreciate you. 821-9886 is
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  Speaker 1: the number.
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  Speaker 7: 821-WTVN.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't worry about that identity theft. Somebody looks
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  Speaker 1: at me and goes, oh, no, I don't want that one.
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  Speaker 1: And nobody wants to be me. Just me. 821-WTV. And another, John,
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  Speaker 1: are you serious? John, you're on 610-WTV at Ike.
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  Speaker 7: Hey, Chuck, just want to let you know I'm down
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  Speaker 7: here in Grove City, and I live across from the–
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  Speaker 7: the voting poll place, and it is packed. I mean,
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  Speaker 7: it's as busy as it was this morning at 6.30. Excellent.
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  Speaker 1: Were you down like Richard Avenue School?
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  Speaker 7: No, I'm down here across from the church.
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  Speaker 1: The church?
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  Speaker 7: On Broadway.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, okay. Our Lady of Perpetual, what is it? She's
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  Speaker 1: perpetually something. Which church?
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  Speaker 7: No, I'm down farther south. I'm south of Kingston.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, you're down on the other end. All right, my
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  Speaker 1: real estate office, I used to be in the real
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  Speaker 1: estate office right across from Our Lady of Perpetual, and
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  Speaker 1: I can't believe it. I read that sign every day
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  Speaker 1: leaving the parking lot. Is it help? I think it's
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  Speaker 1: help she's perpetually giving.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, but we definitely, I'm telling you, I think it's
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  Speaker 7: going to happen this time.
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  Speaker 1: I hope so. I hope so. Grove City is usually
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  Speaker 1: pretty dependable, but they are seeing some challenges right now, too.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: A couple of things have happened with Grove City Council
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  Speaker 1: down there that have made me raise an eyebrow in
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  Speaker 1: the last seven or eight months.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know if there's an infiltration going on that
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  Speaker 1: I haven't seen coming or not, but a couple of
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  Speaker 1: strange decisions have been coming out of there lately.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, it's getting weird, but all we got to do
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  Speaker 7: is hang in there and make it right.
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  Speaker 5: Amen.
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  Speaker 1: All right, John, I appreciate the update. Thank you very much.
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  Speaker 1: I love hearing crowds. And remember, if you are in line...
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  Speaker 1: At 730, when they say the polls are closed, if
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  Speaker 1: you're in line, you vote. They're not going to say, sorry,
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  Speaker 1: we didn't get you in here. You have to go home. No,
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  Speaker 1: you vote if you are in line by 730. So
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  Speaker 1: if you're just getting off work and you're like, I
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  Speaker 1: can't believe I missed my chance to vote. You still
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  Speaker 1: can vote. You've got 44 minutes and 40 seconds. I've
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  Speaker 1: got the nuclear clock in here. I'm telling you, 44
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  Speaker 1: minutes and 32 seconds now. Go vote. Here in Columbus. And, Zach,
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  Speaker 1: I can't believe you missed this story. This morning I
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  Speaker 1: heard it. I'm like, get out of here. But we've
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  Speaker 1: got somebody else who apparently is looking at a run
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  Speaker 1: for the Columbus mayor's office. Another Democrat, of course. And
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  Speaker 1: I'm telling you, this is prime time. The Franklin County
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  Speaker 1: Republican Party, this is prime time. Field a mayoral candidate.
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  Speaker 1: We have not had a better time to go after
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  Speaker 1: that office than we have right now.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, who's the candidate?
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  Speaker 1: I don't know who the Republican candidate would be. We've
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  Speaker 1: got to find somebody. But the Democrat is from the
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  Speaker 1: Ohio House of Representatives. State Representative Murnia. Let me say sorry. No,
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  Speaker 1: Munira Abdullah. Abdullahi, Munira Abdullahi, I think I'm saying that right.
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  Speaker 1: She has pulled the what they call the requisite petition,
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  Speaker 1: did that on November 1st in the Franklin County Board
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  Speaker 1: of Elections to begin collecting signatures to make the 2027
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  Speaker 1: primary ballot. She is a Columbus Democrat, held her state
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  Speaker 1: house seat since 2023. She became one of the first
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  Speaker 1: Somali Americans elected to the Ohio legislature and the first
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  Speaker 1: Muslim woman elected to the legislature. She'll face Republican Bruce
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  Speaker 1: Evans today, or Hewins, I'm sorry, in the race to
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  Speaker 1: represent District 9 in the House of Representatives, which includes
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  Speaker 1: part of Columbus's northeast side. That district is... apparently heavily
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  Speaker 1: favored to be a Democrat stronghold. Who the hell knows
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  Speaker 1: what's going on? They got one guy running that doesn't
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  Speaker 1: even live here. So I don't know what's going on. Anyway,
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  Speaker 1: after the dispatch published the story online, she sent a
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  Speaker 1: statement that said, I have dedicated myself. I'm sorry. I've
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  Speaker 1: dedicated my career fighting for Columbus. That's exactly what I'm
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  Speaker 1: why I'm focused right now on campaigning for reelection and
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  Speaker 1: for Democrats at all levels to ensure working people in
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  Speaker 1: our cities and across Ohio have representation that will put
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  Speaker 1: them first. I personally, seriously, this is just me. Maybe
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  Speaker 1: it's just me. But I ask with all due sincerity,
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  Speaker 1: how the hell are you going to be running for
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  Speaker 1: a seat on the legislature today and picked up paperwork
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  Speaker 1: to run for mayor yesterday or day before yesterday? Pick one.
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  Speaker 1: You're greedy. You like them children that come up to
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  Speaker 1: the porch and try to take all the candy out
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  Speaker 1: of the trick or treat bottle. Pick one. Now, that
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  Speaker 1: being said, This is going to be fun to watch
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  Speaker 1: because we've got the incumbent white guy. We've got the
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  Speaker 1: gay black guy. And now we've got the Muslim woman,
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  Speaker 1: Somali woman.
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  Speaker 2: Who can we offend?
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  Speaker 1: Oh, they're going to fight it out, man. This is
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  Speaker 1: going to they are going to fight it out. And
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  Speaker 1: if you don't think Ginther is going to pull out
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  Speaker 1: all the stops to maintain his position and his authority
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  Speaker 1: and his title, you you haven't been paying attention.
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  Speaker 2: How many signatures do you need to run, like 1,000?
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  Speaker 1: I don't know what it is. Probably 1,000, 1,500, something
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  Speaker 1: like that. Maybe Steve's listening, our Board of Elections guy.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not sure how many signatures you need to run
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  Speaker 1: for mayor. Are you going to run? You've got to
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  Speaker 1: move into Columbus. Well, actually, no, you don't because, again,
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  Speaker 1: you don't have to live in Columbus to be in.
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  Speaker 2: I have a friend who I stay there a lot,
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  Speaker 2: so isn't that good enough?
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  Speaker 1: You can just make up an address. That's what everybody
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  Speaker 1: else does.
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  Speaker 2: I don't turn on any utilities, and if they ask
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  Speaker 2: me about it, I just go out of town for months.
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  Speaker 1: There you go. 821-9886 is my number. I've got another John. Really? Seriously?
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  Speaker 1: You guys are like ganging up on me tonight. You're
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  Speaker 1: on 610 WTVN.
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  Speaker 6: Hey, Chuck. This is the original John from Johnstown.
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  Speaker 1: The original John from Johnstown. I've eaten your candy bars.
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  Speaker 6: I don't know where you got those at. But, yeah,
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  Speaker 6: I was going to say we went into the polls.
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  Speaker 6: I vote actually in Curtin where our district is. Got in,
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  Speaker 6: got out, always never had a problem. They do great
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  Speaker 6: down there. I will give a shout-out to them because
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  Speaker 6: they always do excellent.
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  Speaker 1: Did you ask them about turnout today? Did they have
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  Speaker 1: any higher numbers to talk about?
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  Speaker 6: They said the line was out the door in the morning,
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  Speaker 6: and we got there later because I took my dad
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  Speaker 6: down with me and everything. And there was a lot
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  Speaker 6: of people still there. But now, the one guy said
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  Speaker 6: there was a line out the door.
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  Speaker 5: In the morning.
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  Speaker 1: Excellent. I'm loving this turnout. I've said before, when I
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  Speaker 1: stand in line, I'm actually enjoying it. I'm honored that
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  Speaker 1: my fellow citizens are out participating, and I have to
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  Speaker 1: stand in line to exercise that right to vote. It's
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  Speaker 1: a great thing as far as I'm concerned.
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  Speaker 6: Yep, that's why. Well, I like going and voting on
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  Speaker 6: voting day. I've always done it. 50 years old, and
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  Speaker 6: I've done it since I was 18.
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  Speaker 1: Excellent. Thanks for the report, John. I appreciate it. Tell
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  Speaker 1: everybody in Croton Goober says, hey, you did you. You
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  Speaker 1: took Charlie to vote today. Did he help you with
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  Speaker 1: the voting at all?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. He had a lot of questions.
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  Speaker 1: Did he? Yeah. Did he did he tell you who
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  Speaker 1: to vote for anything?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, but he didn't know what he was talking about.
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  Speaker 2: He knew Democrat. He knew Republican. He was like, I
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  Speaker 2: said Libertarian. He goes, well, what's that? I go, well,
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  Speaker 2: we leave. I'll try to explain it.
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  Speaker 1: To everybody that educated their self and participated in the
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  Speaker 1: process today, bless you and thank you. To those who
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  Speaker 1: have not yet participated, you've got until 730. Go vote.