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Cuyahoga County Council passes new voting rights law introduced by Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald to counter state law designed to suppress Black vote, FitzGerald and Governor Kasich are tied for governor, polls show, new county law was passed along partisan lines, all Blacks on Cuyahoga County Council of President C. Ellen Connally and county council members Yvonne Conwell, Pernel Jones Jr. and Anthony Hairston voted for the law

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Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald,  the Democratic front -runner for Ohio governor By Kathy Wray Coleman, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog  K athy Wray Coleman is a community activist and 20 year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper.  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com Pictured from left: Cuyahoga County Council President C. Ellen Connally and county council members Yvonne Conwell, Pernel Jones Jr. and Anthony Hairston CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cuyahoga County Council recently voted along partisan lines and adopted a voting rights law introduced by Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald to counter a discriminatory state legislative law that passed earlier this year that Democrats say is designed to suppress voter participation in Ohio, parti...