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Supreme Court sides with Ohio officials against GOP

Posted by clioandme • 10/17/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: ohio, supreme court, voter registration, voting

The court has sided with Ohio officials against a GOP move that could have restricted voter registrations in the state. For me this confirms a trend last spring and early summer. On certain key issues, this conservative court sides with individual liberty, even when that is against Republican partisan interests. Good for the court.

www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/10/17/brunner_scotus....

www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/1008/Supremes_say_Ohio_SecState_doesn...

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10/17/08

clioandme

By the way, there was nothing narrow about this ruling: 9 : 0.

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10/17/08

jan4insight

I was greatly releived when I read that. Good on the Supreme Court, for once.

Here's more on the dust-up over ACORN's voter registration efforts, from the man himself who should know, David Iglesias:

tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/10/iglesias_im_astounded_by_dojs.ph...

For the last time, Repub's, ACORN is required by law to turn in all voter registration forms that they collect. Plus they take the extra step of attempting to verify their forms. Those that can't be verified are flagged when they are submitted. Okay, got it?

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10/17/08

Anok

Good on them! I also agree with their ruling against Brunner when she opted to not allow win outside observers.

So I think they ruled fairly on both cases, and have helped to ensure Americans can vote.

As a side note, those provisional ballots and the HAVA thing have proved to be a mess here. I for one, am glad I am NOT working the polls this election.

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10/17/08

cooper

I was happy to see that and coming from such a conservative court yet.

Voter suppression is an issue though voter fraud is not.
I meant to post this for you guys earlier and seeing we now understand Acorn is probably not going to be cited for Voter Fraud even though it appears there has been voter registration fraud, we also know voter registration fraud rarely leads to people named Mickey Mouse actually voting, or ball players from Texas voting in Nevada for that matter.
www.nytimes.com/2008/10/17/opinion/17fri1.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

“It is more likely that an individual will be struck by lightning than that he will impersonate another voter at the polls,” from

2007 Study, if you haven't read it or aren't quite sure what voter fraud is it's a good read.
Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law
"The Truth About Voter Fraud"
pdf
truthaboutfraud.org/pdf/TruthAboutVoterFraud.pdf

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1. 10/17/08
  
  clioandme
  
  I've tried to make that point, but for some here it is moot. Thanks for the additional resources.
10/17/08

loverofjazz

what the republicans were trying to do:
1. slow things down with challenges
2. get as many provisional ballots filed as possible in the hopes that all those from democrat leaning districts would be thrown away.

millions were discarded in '04. it's sickening.

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10/18/08

clioandme

How this same issue has been playing out accross the country:
"Thousands Face Mix-Ups In Voter Registrations"
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/17/AR2008101703360.ht...

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10/18/08

MadameX

I think the number of "surprising" decisions that come out of "such a conservative court" are, at some point, going to force people to more rationally assess the court. Or maybe not--fear and rhetoric are powerful things.

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1. 10/18/08
  
  clioandme
  
  I've gained more respect for this court this year, even if some of its decisions still confuse me.