[11th_VA]

Don't care where you vote, as long as you vote ... sheesh .. Did this judge even read the Law ???

[keats5]

"U.S. District Judge James Carr"

Whoa- at first I thought it said "Carville"!

[KC_Conspirator]

"Lessened participation at the polls diminishes the vitality of our democracy," Carr said.

Vote fraud steals democracy and this man is a direct threat to our democracy.

[snooker]

So let's see -- Count the polling places, get a map, a bus, load them up, drive them around. Vote, vote often.

[agrace]

The decision is a victory for the Ohio Democratic Party and a coalition of labor and voter rights group, which said Blackwell's order discriminates against the poor and minorities.

Funny since he's black.

[jdm]

"TOLEDO, Ohio -- In a victory for the Democrats, a federal judge ruled Thursday that Ohio voters who show up at the wrong polling place on Election Day can still cast ballots as long as they are in the county where they are registered."

I think I'm going to show up at the Taco Bell on the corner of Secor and Central and place my vote. What's the big deal? (sarcasm)

[My Favorite Headache]

We can all thank Al Gore for this kind of shit.

[The Old Hoosier]

So they can vote in a different congressional district? Total BS.

[dartuser]

WHY THE HELL CANT WE USE THE PURPLE INK THAT THE AFGAN PEOPLE USED !!!!

YOU VOTE, YOU GET MARKED !!!!

YOU CANT VOTE AGAIN !!!!

[DarkWaters]

Looks like my state is going to be a Florida in the making. What BS that is coming from these corrupt judges. They might as well have ruled that voter fraud is legal.

[UsnDadof8]

This may sound like a dumb question, but why can't they just get directions to the correct polling place and GO there ??

[Clump]

If they cheat and narrowly win Ohio (and that makes the difference in the electoral college), then we have no choice but to challenge the results. It will be fairly easy to see based on the numbers we see coming from each county.

[esarlls3]

Ok, everyone. This is much ado about nothing. Well, almost nothing.

"The judge said that voters who show up at the wrong polling place after moving without notifying the elections board, and those whose names cannot be found on the registration rolls, should be able to cast provisional ballots there. "

The Help America Vote Act says everyone who wants to vote can vote. If they are not properly registered in your precinct, they vote a Provisional Ballot. You cannot turn anyone away who wants to vote there.

However, the provisional ballots are not counted on election night. Within a few weeks after the election, the Provisional Ballot Review Board, with representatives from each party, would determine whether each voter was eligible to vote or not and add these votes to the final count.

The only problem I see is if someone wanted to really mess things up, they could have their people vote in every precinct and use up all the Provisional Ballot forms. Of course they would then need to move before their crime was discovered to evade prosecution.

Note that even undocumented workers without ID can come in and request a provisional ballot. It will not be counted but could mess up the system.

[antivenom]

discriminates against the poor and minorities DUMBASSES

[JennyG]

A victory for FRAUD

[Clump]

What is the default rule? Do the provisional ballots initially go into the total, and then can be looked into if there is a challenge? Or are they set aside, and then inspected and counted upon a challenge? It seems to me that this makes a huge difference in how the night will go on Nov. 2nd.

[b4its2late]

I guess they won't mention that the judge is a democrat...

Carr, James G.

Born 1940 in Boston, MA

Federal Judicial Service:
U. S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio Nominated by William J. Clinton on January 27, 1994, to a seat vacated by Richard B. McQuade, Jr.; Confirmed by the Senate on May 6, 1994, and received commission on May 9, 1994.

[Political Junkie Too]

Does this mean that I can show up at every precinct in my county except the one I'm supposed to go to (where my records are), and can vote at each place?

-PJ

[Political Junkie Too]

Does the voter have no responsibility at all anymore? We've already heard the excuses why the voter can't fill out the ballot properly. Now we're to believe that the voter can't find the polling place either?

Does this clueless voter really exist?

-PJ

[tobyhill]

This is BS! Another judge legislating from the bench. The only people this judge is accommodating is Ghetto Jumpers. Who's going to make the call to the polling place the person(s) are allegedly registered at to verify?

[Pirate21]

I repeat:

AN APPEAL TO ALL BUSH-CHENEY SUPPORTERS
Do your part to stop voter fraud.
If you haven't already done so, please call your local Bush-Cheney headquarters and sign up to work as a poll checker at your polling place on Election Day.

Looks as though we're going to need to supply everyone with walkie-talkies so we can alert all others in county as to who were given provisional ballots.