Federal court: Ohio must check voter registrations

saltwn · #1 (**permalink**) 10-14-2008, 11:40 PM

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By PHILIP ELLIOTT, Associated Press Writer
28 minutes ago

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal appeals court on Tuesday ordered Ohio's top elections official to set up a system by Friday to verify the eligibility of newly registered voters and make the information available to the state's 88 county election boards.

The full 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati upheld a lower court ruling that Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner must use other government records to check thousands of new voters for registration fraud.

A three-judge panel of the 6th Circuit had disagreed last week. The full court's ruling, in which nine of 16 judges concurred, overturns that decision.

Ohio Republicans had sued Brunner, a Democrat. Her spokesman had no immediate comment Tuesday.

About 666,000 Ohioans have registered to vote since January, with many doing so before the contested Democratic presidential primary election last March between Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton. The presidential election is Nov. 4.

Since the primary, Ohio Republicans have filed a series of challenges to the registrations and Brunner's administration of election rules. They have helped voters file lawsuits against local boards of election over registration rules, absentee ballot requests and a weeklong period that allowed registration and voting on the same day.Federal court: Ohio must check voter registrations - Yahoo! News

Way to go, Republican attack dogs. That's at least one way to keep Obama from getting some votes.

saltwn · #2 (**permalink**) 10-14-2008, 11:44 PM

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Elsewhere in the state, the state GOP has requested information on voters in Licking County, in central Ohio, who registered and cast an early ballot on the same day during a weeklong period. The request is similar to one made last week by the Republican sheriff of Greene County that infuriated Democrats and voting rights groups, and was withdrawn a day later.

The GOP has said it is concerned that the same-day voting period could have made it easier to commit voter fraud.
Federal court: Ohio must check voter registrations - Yahoo! News

I want these busturds to come to MY town and accuse us of voter fraud because of same day registration. Which we do have here. C'mon you slimy blubs. C'mon!

cnredd · #3 (**permalink**) 10-15-2008, 03:18 AM

yeah...

Heaven forbid anybody want to "verify the eligibility of newly registered voters"...

What's your plan...Take their word for it?...

saltwn · #4 (**permalink**) 10-15-2008, 03:46 AM

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Originally Posted by cnredd

yeah...

Heaven forbid anybody want to "verify the eligibility of newly registered voters"...

What's your plan...Take their word for it?...

You show your drivers license. If your address is different, you have to produce a rental/mortgage agreement, or a utility bill (from within 60 days) in your name.
The election volunteer checks off whatever you presented and turns it in w/ her paper work. Beyond that, the election board volunteers and staff aren't responsible to look further. And why should they? Unless someone files a suit,

they are in the clear. But we don't happen to be a battleground state so I doubt if that will happen.

cnredd · #5 (**permalink**) 10-15-2008, 04:06 AM

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Originally Posted by saltwn

You show your drivers license. If your address is different, you have to produce a rental/mortgage agreement, or a utility bill (from within 60 days) in your name.
The election volunteer checks off whatever you presented and turns it in w/ her paper work. Beyond that, the election board volunteers and staff aren't responsible to look further. And why should they? Unless someone files a suit,

they are in the clear. But we don't happen to be a battleground state so I doubt if that will happen.

First, you're TRUSTING the "volunteer" was presented with the correct ID...

How many "volunteers" (You know...the ones getting PAID by the amount of people registered they get...

) are going to say "That's not the correct ID, therefore I can't legally register you and get money for it."?...

Second, one of the MAIN reasons for an election board, in the first place, is to "check further"...

So when I wrote "What's your plan...Take their word for it?...". you're answer is "yes"...

Now I know why you're an Obama supporter...blind trust with no records...

saltwn · #6 (**permalink**) 10-15-2008, 04:30 AM

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Originally Posted by cnredd

First, you're TRUSTING the "volunteer" was presented with the correct ID...

How many "volunteers" (You know...the ones getting PAID by the amount of people registered they get...

) are going to say "That's not the correct ID, therefore I can't legally register you and get money for it."?...

Second, one of the MAIN reasons for an election board, in the first place, is to "check further"...

So when I wrote "What's your plan...Take their word for it?...". you're answer is "yes"...

Now I know why you're an Obama supporter...blind trust with no records...

This is a trust issue alright. But not in the way you have outlined. YOU do not trust the people who work the polls to scrutinize id's correctly or have the ethics to reject what is not in line with the rules.
There is something wrong when a person lacks basic trust. You must trust policemen, you must trust doctors and nurses to do what they were trained to do. The entire country runs on the basic trust of our neighbors.
I don't know who your neighbors are, but, yes, I trust mine to do their jobs.

foundit66 · #7 (**permalink**) 10-15-2008, 04:35 AM

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Originally Posted by cnredd

First, you're TRUSTING the "volunteer" was presented with the correct ID...
How many "volunteers" (You know...the ones getting PAID by the amount of people registered they get...

) are going to say "That's not the correct ID, therefore I can't legally register you and get money for it."?...

Yegads!
If somebody commits fraud or is careless, you punish them for the ACT.

Refusing to allow a legitimate process to take place cause you think people MAY screw up is absurd.

How many jobs would still stand if we took your mentality to the rest of the system?

I seriously wish you would hold the Bush administration to this level of accountability and suspicion...

When it's Republican actions in government, hands off and eyes looking elsewhere...
When it's the people's involvement in government, we can't trust them...

faithful_servant · #8 (**permalink**) 10-15-2008, 10:26 AM

What's the problem with making sure that these registrations are legitimate? Got something to hide?? Of course, we are talking to the "win at any cost" party members - those who are willing to overlook criminal activity as long as that criminal activity benefits them.

saltwn · #9 (**permalink**) 10-15-2008, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by faithful_servant

What's the problem with making sure that these registrations are legitimate? Got something to hide?? Of course, we are talking to the "win at any cost" party members - those who are willing to overlook criminal activity as long as that criminal activity benefits them.

That's what this is all about because that is implied.
Besides, we are ignoring the fact these registrants still have to vote. When they vote, they also have to present a current card and/or dr lic id.
Jimmy Jones may have registered 6 times, but he can only vote once.

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