Posted on 10/25/2008 5:26:30 AM PDT by Gorilla44
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio's voter identification law will be in effect on Election Day.
Advocates for the homeless have dropped a federal lawsuit that challenged the law, which requires voters to show either a government-issued ID, such as a driver's license, or some other form that shows a name and address, such as a utility bill.
The Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless had argued that the law represented an unconstitutional poll tax. They also were concerned that many homeless voters would be forced to vote on provisional ballots because many don't have a valid ID.
An agreement reached Friday with Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner sets guidelines on how provisional ballots will be treated across all Ohio counties.
http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/Upload/elections/directives/2008/Dir2008-101.pdf
Ohio PIng
Cheers!
1) noting can be counted until after the election with a 10-day window;
2) anything challenged by the board of elections is marked and set aside, and additional information can be required;
3) SS#s that don't match get set aside;
4) the board of elections can demand additional information, and if there is no valid phone number, they aren't required to go track someone down.
Maybe not, but how many fake IDs have been provided to them and how much will they be paid for each Obama vote?
not so quick folks, too much weasel to allow the fraudster of Ohio to get away with it.
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VI.GROUNDS FOR COUNTING OR INVALIDATING PROVISIONAL BALLOTS
Ohio Revised Code (”R.C.”) 3505.183 is the primary statutory lens through which boards of
elections must view provisional ballots and affirmations in order to determine the eligibility of
those provisional ballots for counting. It sets forth the steps through which a board or its staff
must go to determine the eligibility of a provisional ballot for counting.
A. Step 1 - Additional Information Required from Voter in Some Cases
R.C. 3505.183(E)(2) provides that boards of elections may not examine the
provisional ballot affirmation on the provisional ballot envelope of any provisional
ballot for which an election official has indicated the provisional voter must provide
additional information to the board of elections in order to ensure that the
provisional ballot will count. Thus, checking for this statement by an election official
must be the first step in determining a provisional ballot’s eligibility to be counted.
1. No additional information required
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If no such statement by an election official appears on the provisional ballot
envelope then the board staff responsible for processing provisional ballots
may proceed to Step 2.
2. Additional information required
If such a statement by an election official appears on a provisional ballot
envelope then the board staff responsible for processing provisional ballots
must segregate that ballot and store it, still in its envelope, in accordance with
this directive until the provisional voter provides the required additional
information.
a) Additional information required during 10 days after election
Pursuant to R.C. 350S.l8l(B)(8), there are only four categories of
provisional voters who are required to provide additional information
to the board of elections during the ten days after the day of an
election in order for their ballots to be counted:
(1) An individual who has but is unable to provide to precinct
election officials any of the forms of identification required under
R.C. 3505.l8(A)(1), and who has a social security number but is
unable to provide the last four digits of his or her social security
number under R.C. 3505.l8(A)(2);
(2) An individual who is challenged under R.C. 3505.20 and is
determined to be ineligible to vote or whose eligibility to vote
cannot be determined by election officials
(3) An individual who does not have any of the forms of
identification required under R.C. 3505.l8(A)(1), who cannot
provide the last four digits of the individual’s social security
number under R.C. 3505.l8(A)(2) because the person does not
have a social security number, and who declines to execute an
affirmation (SOS Form lo-T) under R.C. 3505.l8(A)(4); and
(4) An individual who has, but declines to provide to precinct
election officials, any of the forms of identification required under
R.C. 3505.l8(A)(l), and who has a social security number but
declines to provide to the precinct election officials the last four
digits of his or her social security number.
b) This section is specific to the aforestated court action and its
attempted settlement. Contacting voters to provide additional
information during ten days
If a board of elections or board staff determine during the 1o-day
period that a provisional voter falls into one of the four categories
listed above, the board must attempt once to contact the voter by
telephone, if a telephone number is available, to remind the voter:
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(1) that he or she is required to provide additional information to
the board by the tenth day after the election for the provisional
ballot to count; and
(2) what additional information is required.
If a board of elections does not have a telephone number for a
particular voter, it need not conduct an exhaustive search to attempt
to locate a telephone number for that voter, but should document any
efforts undertaken to contact the voter.
During the first five days after the day of an election a board of
elections may communicate the information “listed in the list
immediately above by postcard or letter rather than by telephone.
c) Additional information required at post-election challenge hearing
If a voter’s registration is challenged by another Ohio voter under R.C.
3503.24 and the board of elections considering the challenge
postpones the hearing until after the day of the election, the voter
must vote provisionally at that election and must provide additional
information to the board at the hearing, if so requested, in order to
ensure that his or her provisional ballot will count.
Upon receipt of the required additional information under this step of this
directive, the board staff responsible for processing provisional ballots may
proceed to Step 2.
3. Failure to provide additional required information
A provisional ballot that is cast by any voter who is required by Ohio law or
this directive to provide additional information to a board of elections cannot
be counted unless and until that voter provides the required information,
pursuant to R.C. 3505.181(A)(7). Mer the board of elections determines that
the required information was not provided, the board staff responsible for
processing provisional ballots shall proceed to Step 5.
Brunner’s guidelines are 10 pages of obfuscation.
It allows mega execetpions.
The ballot is set aside for 10 days and that is the important aspect of the plan.
ACORN was hoping to sneak those votes in before the election was decided.
AWESOME! Looks like Brunner filed all those suits and cost the State of Ohio a lot money and the fraudulent ballots are still going to be thrown out just like last time.
You need to oust the current Attorney General as well!
McCain headed to Dayton to secure Montgomery County which will be the icing on the cake election night!
The libs have been fighting from the get go about provisional ballots. They are trying to get as many people as possible to vote with a real ballot, because, once voted, you cannot challenge and pull out that individual vote. We have a chance if many of these fake votes go provisional, they can be challenged and not counted.
Show me specifically how someone violates this---and remember, NOTHING GETS COUNTED OR EVEN EXAMINED UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION.
That was how I read this.
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