BTW, if there were any doubt about this hack's gall...she has the slogan "Participation is the fullest measure of democracy" on top of her webpage.
Guess that doesn't apply to people who don't check boxes to her satisfaction...
Posted on 09/24/2008 6:49:53 PM PDT by Libloather
OH Secretary of State fooling around with GOP absentee ballots
Rick Moran
September 24, 2008
This is pretty brazen even for a Democrat.
It appears that Ohio's Secretary of State doesn't like Republicans very much. In fact, Jennifer Brunner has been referred to as the "most partisan" official in the state.
That must explain why she is disqualifying thousands of Republican votes through some arrogant chicanery that would make Mayor Daley in Chicago proud as James Bronson of the Cincinnati Enquirer reports: *
The John McCain campaign sent out more than 1 million applications for absentee ballots to Republicans. Each had a line at the top next to a box: "I am a qualified elector."
Brunner sent a memo telling county election officials to reject those applications for absentee ballots if the box was not checked. "Failure to check the box leaves both the applicant and the board of elections without verification that the applicant is a 'qualified elector'," she wrote.
But that's contrary to state law and Brunner doesn't have the authority, according to the lawsuit and an opinion from Hamilton County's Republican Prosecutor Joe Deters.
Ohio law allows voters to request an absentee ballot on the back of a grocery sack if they want to, as long as they include their name, address, date of birth, signature and either a driver's license number, last four Social Security numbers or a valid picture I.D.
There is nothing in the law about checking a box to verify a qualified voter. The voter's signature is enough, because that's what is checked to send ballots, said Hamilton County Clerk of Courts Greg Hartmann, who ran against Brunner in 2006 and is now county chairman for the McCain-Palin campaign. "It's just bald partisanship," he said. "She's trying to disqualify likely McCain voters."
Bronson reports that Obama himself said earlier this month "I Tell You What, It Helps in Ohio That We've Got Democrats in Charge of the Machines." Even if it were in jest Obama knows full well that he is playing to the paranoia of the left when it comes to Ohio and voting.
But Brunner is simply playing old fashioned hardball politics. A judge should recognize that and reinstate those ballots immediately.
And Brunner should dash her resume off to Daley quickly. No doubt hizzoner would see the Secretary of State as a woman after his own heart.
* Clarification: We failed to properly link and attribute the above blockquote to James Bronson, a columnist for the Cincinnati Enquirer. American Thinker deeply regrets the oversight and publicly apologizes to Mr. Bronson for our error.
We went through this crap with the Commies back in 2004. The Republicans REALLY need to stop printing these things up. Either that or put the ACORN logo on them. That will keep this skank from challenging them.
Why do democrats always overstep their authority? I know it’s a rhetorical question but it’s always on my mind. Democrats must be born power hungry and have a thirst to break state laws for their own gain.
BTW, if there were any doubt about this hack's gall...she has the slogan "Participation is the fullest measure of democracy" on top of her webpage.
Guess that doesn't apply to people who don't check boxes to her satisfaction...
This woman should be taken from office for all f the things she has tried to do for the rats to cheat in this election!
To jail with her!
Just another ugly liberal bit*h doing the slime ball cheat’s job.
I got an absentee ballot request form from the Ohio Republican Party. It did not have the check box, but did have a similar “I am a qualified elector” statement on it. “mailing it in” is tempting, but I will show up in person on election day.
Exactly!!! They do not count the absentee votes in Ohio until ten days after the election! Get to the polls and make your vote count.
If THAT! In my state, absentee ballots are only counted 'if needed'. Oh, my.
Yet I bet this bitch screams bloody murder at any attempt to have a voter id law passed in Ohio.
She is afraid of the votes of our activated Ohio National Guard deployed in Iraq.
I wouldn’t expect anything less from Strickland, Ryan, Hagan, Brown and the other Mahoning Valley Mafia.
Man why are they all so mean and ugly ?
The scarry part is after 2006 we have a lot of socialist Secretary of State persons. They are only balanced when they are GOP. We have one here in MN.
Well our Democratic Governor admits to cheating! Brags about it, and no one does a thing.
What are you referring to? What did he say about stealing votes? Could anyone be that stupid?
You mean, how could anyone be stupid enough to vote this jackel in office?
He’s a democrat! He knows nothing will get done to him. They can do whatever they want, because they have the power of the press behind them. This is the power we must bust up! This is the monopoly that needs to be broken-—liberal news giants. Dems work tirelessly to bring down Fox, where is our side?
Anyway, yeah, learn about P.T. here:
http://www.schweitzergate.com/speech.htm
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