Activists: Advisory proves Blackwell suppressing vote

[mtnester]

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer:

Columbus -- Voting-rights activists on Thursday produced what they said is the most compelling evidence to date that Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell is trying to suppress the vote in November.

In an advisory that contradicts a provision in the voter-reform bill legislators passed last year, Blackwell's office informed county boards of election on June 5 that voters must present a photo ID "showing the voter's name and current address" to cast a regular ballot.

That conflicts with the new law, which permits a person to vote by regular ballot even if the ID -- typically a driver's license -- has the voter's former address.

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Among 27 elections boards that were surveyed, 11 said voters who show up with ID that doesn't match their address in the poll book will have to vote by provisional ballot. Michael Vu, director of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, said his poll workers have been instructed to allow such voters to cast a regular ballot.

more -> http://www.cleveland.com/politics/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/isgov/1154688932198710.xml&coll=2

[liberal N proud]

1. Ever wonder why the republicans are always trying to stop voters

from voting?

It would make sense that if you were a candidate, you would want to get as many people out to vote that you can.





Unless, you knew that if everyone voted, you would never stand a chance at winning an election.

[mtnester]

2. Sounds right to me...cheaters ALWAYS know they are going to lose

therefore, they must cheat.

Kind of like the pathologoical liar in the WH...he cannot stop himself.

[geiger]

3. Fooled Again is a book by Mark Crispin Miller,

who argues that the rationale of the "intelligencia" of the Republican Party is that the opposition is evil and that the evil operatives of this opposition will certainly cheat due to their evilness. So, they (the God-chosen Republicans/conservatives) must cheat, to beat the opposition (esp Democrats) to the cheating.

(edited due to mangling the English language, although I'm not sure if this is much better; my apologies)