Posted on 10/09/2008 8:28:51 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
A federal judge on Thursday ordered Ohio's top elections official to verify the identity of newly registered voters by matching them with other government documents.
U.S. District Judge George C. Smith in Columbus ruled that Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner must perform verification required by the Help America Vote Act. That includes matching new registrants' information against information in databases maintained by the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles or the Social Security Administration.
The order was the result of a lawsuit the Ohio Republican Party filed against Brunner, a Democrat.
"Plaintiffs assert, and the court agrees, that it is hard to imagine a public interest more compelling than safeguarding the legitimacy of the election of the president of the United States," Smith wrote in his ruling.
Brunner also was ordered to establish a process by which Ohio's 88 county election boards can access information generated by the checks.
Residents registering to vote must provide their name, address, date of birth and either their driver's license number or the last four digits of their Social Security number.
Brunner has said the state matches registration information against data in the Bureau of Motor Vehicles system and the Social Security database. But she also has said federal law doesn't say what should be done if a mismatch is discovered, and it is up to counties to check the system for flagged registrations and investigate if warranted.
An after-hours call seeking Brunner's comment on the ruling was not immediately returned Thursday.
Republicans, who have been at odds frequently with Brunner, hailed the ruling.
"For some reason, Jennifer Brunner does not want these new registrations checked," said Ohio Republican Party Deputy Chairman Kevin DeWine.
(Excerpt) Read more at kansascity.com ...
Now let’s hope that SOS Jennifer Brunner’s appeal falls on deaf ears!
The dragging of (democrat) feet begins.
It’s a Dem conspiracy. Bruner came into office and immediately scrapped Cuyahoga County’s new system after only one election cycle (it had no reported problems, but she made the decision).
She also allowed early voting, without proof of residency, and told election officials they were not required to allow monitors. If the AG hadn’t gotten caught up in a sexual harassment scandal, Ohio would have been stolen and protected by the Dem rats in Columbus.
The dems can’t win in fair (fight) vote.
If this ruling stands Ohio is REALLY in play.
Yeah, but WHO will be doing the verifying?
Let's see an appeals court argue against that! Only a real Obamanoid Commie judge would throw out this ruling.
Hasn’t she filed or is filing an appeal to this ruling?
This is Ohio once a conservative state, now a state in political limbo.
I wonder how long for an appeals court ruling? Then SCOTUS?
The trial judge was pretty damn clear about not messing with the election process!
This Brunner woman needs to be watched. Carefully.
I don’t see how it could be any other thing. Who among us, Republican, Democrat, or independent would not be in favor of insuring the integrity of our elections unless they intend to commit fraud?
Smack, you’re busted. Run her out of the state. Justice Triumphs!
Only a crooked ,ballot-stuffing, election stealer would not want voter verification.
Did you forget your sarc tag?
BTTT
Its already been filed its in the 6th circuit or something like that. see: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2101885/posts?page=90#90
And stalling she is per her interview today:
JENNIFER BRUNNER: “This is currently pending in the federal district court in the Southern District of Ohio in Columbus, and the judge will be hearing arguments on this this morning at 11:00. The Republican Party had this lawsuit in place when they were fighting thewhat we call the overlap voting, which is when absentee voting started, before the close of voter registration, which allowed people to go to an early voting site, register to vote, request an absentee ballot, and vote it on the spot.
In that original lawsuit, they were denied relief, first by the federal judge, and then again by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. But what they did was to try to renew a motion for a temporary restraining order and now push this effort. And what really concerns me is that the way these papers are pled, theyre looking for a list of all the mismatches by October 12th, and this is in light of the fact that at this point in time we are informed that the Social Security Administration will be shutting down its computers for the comparisons from the 10th to the 13th for maintenance over the holiday weekend. And they want that in time tothe Republican Party wants it in time to be able to file challenges twenty days before the election, to require ID, which is already required in Ohio, and also to push people into provisional voting”
87 posted on Thursday, October 09, 2008 7:55:11 PM by StarFan
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Check out what 0bama had to say about the Dems rigging machines this year - I guess it was a bad joke:
http://blog.dispatch.com/politics/2008/09/updated_gop_blasts_obama_comme.shtml
any picture of this bitch? She needs to be put in jail.
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