A southwest Ohio woman is claiming that she was fired from her job for voting President Barack Obama.

Patricia Kunkle of Kettering, Ohio is suing her former employer Q-Mark Inc., a defense contractor in Dayton, after she was fired three days after the November election. She alleges the company president went as far to threaten employees of termination if Obama won re-election and would let go of employees who supported him.

The suit was filed in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court seeking more than $25,000 damages on February 14.

Kunkle discussed her voting preferences in a conversation the day after the election and two days later she was fired as the company claims it was done in the "best interest of the company."

"Whether you're a Democrat or a Republican, taking it to the extreme of impairing somebody's career because they disagree with your political choices is just wrong," said Kunkle's attorney, Karen Dunlevey. "We're hoping that the court will recognize that and adopt a public policy exception for her."

"Ms. Kunkle was laid off for economic reasons -- nothing more," said Gentile's, attorney, Brian Wildermuth. "(There are) ongoing uncertainties regarding defense spending, and thus the economic environment confronting defense contractors. The allegation that Q-Mark discharged Ms. Kunkle because of her vote is simply false."

Kunkle began working for Q-Mark as a temporary worker in April and became full-time in May, according to the lawsuit. It also states she performed her duties "efficiently and effectively," and never received any disciplinary action or negative performance evaluations.