League of Women Voters Ohio Lawsuit!!!

[sandnsea]

Wohoo!!

"..Represented by a team of attorneys led by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the League is claiming a pattern of failed election management, chronic under-funding of county boards of elections and inadequate training for poll workers.

“We simply concluded that a lawsuit is the most effective means of bringing about reform to Ohio’s voting process,” Co-President Carol Gibson said. “Election problems have surfaced continually, and the legislature has failed to take comprehensive action with its recent election-reform bill, HB 3. We felt that the courts presented us with a last resort for addressing the shortfalls of our election system.”

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1660932

I posted it too, with link to LWVO and listserv email for future updates.

http://www.lightupthedarkness.org/blog/?view=plink&id=1294

[ginnyinWI]

1. this is very good

It really is up to the states to police their own elections, and if they won't, citizens groups should rise up. Congress can pass laws, but it is up to the people on local levels to enforce.

And outing these guys as the crooks they are is a very good thing! I hope it creates a domino effect.

[FreedomAngel82]

5. I agree

The local level is where it's all about and where we can really have an impact. For example there have been several states who aren't going by the "Patriot Act" even though it went through the Senate and all that. There was also a case where in a state (I can't remember which one now) that someone presented a case about the voting machine's and showed how flawed they are and now that state has banned voting machine's.

[whometense]

2. Thanks!!!!!

You made my day! Week!! Year??!! This is great news.

[karynnj]

3. Thanks for posting this - Great news

It is fantastic that such a venerable non-partisan group is pushing this issue - because that's the way it should be. This really is an issue that cuts to the heart of whether we are a democracy.

I also wonder if they will take up this issue even beyond Ohio. The Republicans may find it harder to fight the LWV than the Democrats on this issue. (Especially because the old time REAL Republicans may agree with us on this issue.)

[FreedomAngel82]

4. Oh yay!

Did you post this in the GD thread and 2004 thread? Good news! Go get 'em!!