If this wasn’t so serious it would be comical.
BRUNNER COMPELLED BY COURT TO ADMIT SHE’S BEEN CONCEALING TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND UNMATCHED REGISTRATIONS FROM LOCAL BOARDS OF ELECTIONS
UPDATE: NON-RESIDENT OBOTS FRAUDULENTLY VOTING IN OHIOUpdated: The tip was accurate, but the Cleveland Plain Dealer got the story out first. See update after background.
Okay, that’s what we have at the moment.
Yesterday’s majority decision, penned by former Ohio Solicitor Jeffrey Sutton, said, "Nothing about this case, or the relief (Ohio Republicans, who brought the suit) seek will allow them to prevent a single voter from casting a ballot in the November election …
"At most, the identification of a mismatch allows a county board to investigate whether the mismatch has a legitimate explanation (say, a recent change of address)."
The practical effect, Sutton wrote, may be to require the voter in question to cast a provisional ballot, when elections officials would determine the validity of the registration and thus the vote.
In a statement late last night, Brunner, a Democrat, called it "essential" that voters whose registration information matches either the motor vehicle or Social Security records "are left inviolate to vote a regular ballot on or before Election Day."
If it matches neither, she wants county elections workers to handle "prompt communication to allow them to assist with resolving discrepancies, which, in many cases are not due to any fault of the voters."
"It is imperative that voters not be disenfranchised because of federal government red tape, misstated technical information or glitches in databases beyond the control of voters or the secretary of state."
But what’s left unsaid is whether voters could be disenfranchised at all and how closely the questioned registrations should be examined for fraud. That’s because even when county elections officials get access to the list of mismatched registrations, exactly what they are to do with it remains a mystery.Ace of Spades HQ
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