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 ...
When someone has to first state that they’re a “staunch conservative”, (or variations such as “lifelong Republican”), before they post paeans to a crooked partisan strumpet of a Democrat state official then they’re either A.) liars about their politics, B.) a liberal plant, or C.) BOTH.
I hope Brunner gets slapped down hard by the courts....IMHO she belongs in jail.
Am I wrong, or is this a BIG DEAL?
Huge!
Once a couple of states that have honest AG’s start investigating ACORN, there is going to be a mess regardless of who wins the election. They’ve already been caught in too many states, with it well publicized, to get away with it now. And that will put the next Federal AG to make one tough decision, regardless of who wins. Obama’s gonna have a problem when he has to explain why a national organization he paid $800,000 to has officials indicted in many states for vote fraud on his behalf.
Her actions seem to belie your assessment.
YEEECH! She’s got that RAT death look...
Racism!!!!!
“Racism!!!!!”
That claim will be forthcoming for sure..
Ohio seems to be turning into a mini banana republic the last couple of elections.
I CALL FOR OFFICES NATIONWIDE OF OBAMA's A.C.O.R.N. TO BE "FREEPED"
With signs, bullhorns, press releases, American flags, and everything. These might be in inner cities, folks, so bring your flak jackets. I would be there to organize it if I could. This is an attack on the United States of America and our Constitution.
Be ready for anything, but at all costs, get the TV cameras there.
Check my posts on this forum. I’m no plant or phoney. I just believe that Brunner is doing her job the best she can.
Unfortunately, Soros also funded the Reform Institute, which is one of McCain’s groups.
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