Breaking on twitter. He was going to defy a judges order to allow early voting in Ohio. For the 2008 election Ohio had very long lines for voting and early voting benefited President Obama so Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted decided to get rid of it.

From the article

Husted responded to the ruling by refusing to comply with the court order. Expanding voting hours, he claimed in Directive 2012-40, will “only serve to confuse voters.” Therefore, the directive read, he was “prohibit[ing] county boards of elections from determining hours for the Friday, Saturday, Sunday, or Monday before the election.” The move led Judge Peter Economus to set a hearing for September 13: “The Court ORDERS that Defendant Secretary of State Jon Husted personally attend the hearing,” his release read.

Facing a direct court order, Husted has chosen instead to back down. This afternoon, Husted’s office released Directive 2012-42 with a brief message: “Directive 2012-40 is hereby rescinded.” As a result, county boards of elections will now be allowed to set their own hours, pending Husted’s appeal of the Obama for America v. Husted decision.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/07/1129076/-BREAKING-Ohio-Secretary-of-State-Jon-Husted-R-backs-down-from-blocking-early-voting