OH: Federal Judge Tosses New Voter Registration Rules

[rumpel]

POSTED: 3:28 pm EDT September 1, 2006
UPDATED: 4:38 pm EDT September 1, 2006

CLEVELAND -- A federal judge threw out new state rules governing voter registration drives on Friday, saying they appear to violate the First Amendment and hurt efforts to sign up new voters.
U.S. District Judge Kathleen O'Malley issued an order from the bench immediately halting the enforcement of the registration rules. She said she planned to issue a detailed written order sometime next week.
A coalition of voter advocacy groups and Democratic lawmakers sued the state, asking O'Malley to throw out the regulations, which they claimed were intimidating and impaired their registration drives, particularly in low-income and minority areas, because the rules carry potential criminal penalties.

http://www.channelcincinnati.com/news/9778111/detail.html

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. DAMN those lib'rul activist judges and their dratted Constitution!