Ruling May Impede Thousands of Ohio Voters
New York Times, By IAN URBINA, Published: October 15, 2008
More than 200,000 registered Ohio voters may be blocked from casting regular ballots on Election Day because of a federal appeals court decision on Tuesday requiring the disclosure of lists of voters whose names did not match those on government databases, state election officials and voting experts said.
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The Ohio Republican chairman, Robert T. Bennett, called the court ruling “a victory for the integrity of Ohio’s election.”
“Once again, Jennifer Brunner has wasted valuable taxpayer dollars only to have her partisan agenda rejected by a court of law,” Mr. Bennett said.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/us/16vote.html?hpIt is troubling to see any party chairman excited that the courts have ruled to disenfranchise voters.