The state’s elections chief has fired two Democrats from an elections board in southwest Ohio after they pushed to extend early voting hours into the weekend beyond his order.

A state hearing officer recommends two Democrats be removed from an elections board in southwest Ohio after they moved to create extra voting hours on the weekends.

Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted is temporarily lifting his suspension of two Democratic county election officials who voted to extend early voting hours in the general election beyond the uniform, statewide hours the Republican set.