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Ohio Election Law Action!

September 13, 2008

Ohio looks to be an important swing state (again!) in the upcoming Presidential elections. But you might not have realized that legal issues may determine the outcome. Efforts to settle these issues in advance seem to have failed. Here are a few of the battles currently being fought:

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Interesting Report on Voter Registration Issues in Upcoming Election

August 12, 2008

See Wall Street Journal article here.  Here are a couple of representative quotations:
Republicans are moving to examine surges in voter registrations in some states. A Republican lawyers group held a national training session on election law over the weekend that included campaign attorneys for Sen. John McCain and other Republican leaders. One session discussed how [...]

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Voter fraud! Ohio U. student votes twice in primary

July 24, 2008

Here's an interesting story about a Hudson resident and Ohio University student who mistakenly voted twice in this year's primary election, and ended up pleading guilty to a fifth-degree felony, election falsification.  Did new Voter I.D. laws save the day?  Not exactly.

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Voter ID's and Voter Fraud – Political considerations rise to the fore

July 7, 2008

Yesterday, Doonesbury weighed in on the issue of voter fraud.
In the strip, radio host Mark Slackmeyer elicits this statement from supposed GOP consultant Doug Chumley:  "By mandating strict ID requirements, we can disenfranchise the poor, the infirm, students, minorities — anyone who can't be counted on to vote responsibly!"  Mark replies:  "Fascinating!  So instead of [...]

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