15 October 2008

Court orders Ohio to verify newly registered voters

The federal appeal court ruling in Ohio on voter registration is a legal victory for the Republican Party.

(CNN) -- A federal appeals court on Tuesday ordered Ohio's secretary of state to establish a system to verify hundreds of thousands of newly registered voters by Friday.

Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner also has to make the eligibility information available to all 88 county election boards and use government records to check for voter registration fraud.

Nine of the 16 members of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals concurred with an opinion that upheld a lower court's ruling in the lawsuit filed by the Ohio Republican Party against Brunner.

"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," said Brunner, a Democrat, after the ruling.

"That is why we will work with the federal court, even though we believe that the order goes beyond the requirements of (the Help American Vote Act)."

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THEY WILL STOP AT NOTHING TO STEAL THIS ELECTION.

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