COLUMBUS, Ohio â The Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit against the stateâs chief elections official over the handling of voter registration verifications after Republicans asked that it be tossed.
The move ends a court battle that had the potential to affect the ability of roughly 200,000 newly registered voters to cast a ballot in a crucial swing state. It had become a flash point for partisan accusations, with Democrats and voting rights groups accusing Republicans of trying to disenfranchise voters whose driverâs license and Social Security numbers didnât match other government databases.
Republicans claimed Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, a Democrat, was trying to cover up fraud.
http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081022/NEWS09/810220257
Seneca
The move ends a court battle that had the potential to affect the ability of roughly 200,000 newly registered voters to cast a ballot in a crucial swing state. It had become a flash point for partisan accusations, with Democrats and voting rights groups accusing Republicans of trying to disenfranchise voters whose driverâs license and Social Security numbers didnât match other government databases.
Republicans claimed Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, a Democrat, was trying to cover up fraud.
http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081022/NEWS09/810220257
Seneca
(he has a two letter discrepancy btw his driving list and his name as listed on the voting registry, wurzelbacker vs Worzelbucher....sthg to that effect)