October 14, 2008

Federal court: Ohio must check voter registrations

Just in:

COLUMBUS, Ohio - AP - A federal appeals court on Tuesday ordered Ohio's top elections official to set up a system by Friday to verify the eligibility of newly registered voters and make the information available to the state's 88 county election boards.

The full 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati upheld a lower court ruling that Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner must use other government records to check thousands of new voters for registration fraud.

A three-judge panel of the 6th Circuit had disagreed last week. The full court's ruling, in which nine of 16 judges concurred, overturns that decision.

Ohio Republicans had sued Brunner, a Democrat. Her spokesman had no immediate comment Tuesday.

Score one for democracy.

Full story here.

Posted by Ziva at October 14, 2008 11:44 PM



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But will our checks and balances still exist if Obama wins?

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