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Ohio's Secretary of State Appeals to The Supreme Court
I just received this information in an email from the Secretary of State regarding the Voter Lawsuit in Ohio. This is only a portion of the information that was sent.
SECRETARY BRUNNER APPEALS TO US SUPREME COURT TO PROTECT OHIOANS’ VOTING RIGHTS
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner has asked the United States Supreme Court to protect the voting rights of an estimated 200,000 Ohioans. Because of a politically-motivated lawsuit, eligible Ohio voters could be forced to use provisional ballots if a lower court’s divided decision stands.
“I have appealed to the US Supreme Court because no eligible Ohio voter should be forced to use a provisional ballot, which is subject to partisan attacks and legal wrangling after Election Day. Ohioans who have followed the law and simply want to exercise their right to vote should not be penalized because of a database error,” Secretary Brunner said.
Based on preliminary estimates, as many as 200,000 Ohio voters could be impacted by the Ohio Republican Party’s lawsuit where the Secretary was denied the right to offer evidence but overturned for the failure to do it. The Secretary of State was denied the opportunity to show that some voter’s mismatched information is making them simply victims of database errors. These errors include data entry mistakes and unnecessary software codes that have no impact on an Ohioan’s right to vote.
“This database was never intended to be a litmus test for an Ohioans’ right to vote. If it were, Joe the Plumber and Ohio House Speaker Jon Husted – who are both technically ‘mismatches’ in this database – would have to use provisional ballots on Election Day. Ohio’s bipartisan elections officials have multi-layered systems to catch voter registration fraud and prevent illegal voting,” Secretary Brunner noted.
If you want to see the entire document let me know.
Posted:
Oct 16 2008, 4:25 PM EDT by
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Wisconsin lawsuit
NPR did story about this this weekend - here is the link -
http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=94862567&m=94862521
I am having trouble editing the wiki - otherwise I would have placed this link in the LINKS to media coverage area.
Posted:
Sep 21 2008, 1:20 PM EDT by
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