Ohio GOP sues to block early voting

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Map, News) - Ohio Republicans on Friday challenged the state's top elections official, a Democrat, with allegations of power abuse and filed a lawsuit over a separate calendar glitch. Democrats countered that Republicans were trying to suppress the vote.

Republican Sen. John McCain's campaign helped thousands of people request absentee ballots, but Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner said many of them forgot to check a box attesting they were registered voters. Republicans protested, claiming Brunner was using her office to benefit her Democratic Party.

On Friday, Brunner offered a fix to the McCain-enlisted voters: Go on the Internet, print a form and mail it back.

"If they would have simply left the check-box off, they would have avoided all these problems and we wouldn't be here today," Brunner said.
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