The Democrats on the Hamilton County Board of Elections have asked the Ohio Secretary of State and Ohio Attorney general to investigate whether county prosecutor Joe Deters voted improperly in the November 2012 election. Democrats Tim Burke, the board of elections chairman, and board member Caleb Faux asked for the investigation after the two Republicans on the board of elections, Alex Triantafilou and Chip Gerhardt, refused to allow the matter to be discussed at a board of elections meeting. Deters, a Republican, voted from his Symmes Township address in November 2012 four months after he and his wife Missy separated and he was living in a downtown condo. Missy Deters recently filed for divorce, stating in her divorce papers that her husband moved out in July 2012. Deters, in a recent interview with WVXU, insisted he did nothing wrong. “The issue in these kinds of cases is where you intended to return; and, after I left our home, I always intended to return,’’ Deters said. Deters said
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