Judge rules Ohio homeless voters may list park benches as addresses

The Columbus Dispatch ^ | 10/28/2008 | Unkown

[blondee123]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A federal judge in Ohio has ruled that counties must allow homeless voters to list park benches and other locations that aren't buildings as their addresses.

U.S. District Judge Edmund Sargus also ruled that provisional ballots can't be invalidated because of poll worker errors.

[sloop]

must be a clinton appointee

http://www.ohsd.uscourts.gov/judges/jsargus.htm

Judge Edmund A. Sargus, Jr. has served on the District Court since August 23, 1996.

[blondee123]

WHAT????? This is just INSANE!!!!

And, you can bet ACORN is out scouring the parks for all the homeless.

[Free_SJersey]

Judge Edmund Sargus appointed in 1996, by guess who. For bonus points, guess his political party.

[Jackson57]

This just breaking: Federal Judge in Ohio Rules Dead Can Still Vote: “They’re still American citizens and have rights. Just because you’re dead doesn’t mean you give up your civil rights. AND they have a known address ... “

[WOBBLY BOB]

invite some urban campers to sleepover/BBQ in your back yard and register them all.

[meyer]

Hey, what's a little fraud among friends?

This is truly absurd - anybody can go to a voting place, list a park bench as home, and vote. Illegally. If I were a liberal, I'd spend the whole day travelling from precinct to precinct pretending to be John Doe that lives on the park bench. I would bet that some of those park benches are very, very crowded or at least they will be on November 4th.

[SmithL]

Sargus, Edmund A. Jr.

Born 1953 in Wheeling, WV

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U. S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
Nominated by William J. Clinton on December 22, 1995, to a seat vacated by Carl Bernard Rubin; Confirmed by the Senate on July 22, 1996, and received commission on August 1, 1996.

Education:
Brown University, A.B., 1975

Case Western Reserve University School of Law, J.D., 1978

Professional Career:
Private practice, Bellaire and St. Clairsville, Ohio, 1978-1993
Special counsel, Attorney General of Ohio, 1979-1993
Member, City Counsel of St. Clairsville, Ohio, 1988-1991
U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, 1993-1996

Race or Ethnicity: White

Gender: Male

[ladyvet]

Careful there...the guys in the brown shirts will be at your door. That said...I agree with you.

[blondee123]

This isn't really news. Ohio BOEs have allowed this for years. Heck, Ken Blackwell allowed it when HE was Ohio's SOS.

Wondering, in past years, did they have an ACORN BUS picking them up, giving them money & probably a nice hot meal???

[Jagman]

I predict 250% of Ohioans will vote for Obama!

[meyer]

And, you can bet ACORN is out scouring the parks for all the homeless.

No they're not - they're just documenting park bench locations so that they can list them as home when they vote.

[Oatka]

Our Justices are NUTS.....next this Judge’s HORSE will be allowed to vote.

The Roman Emperor Caligula was supposed to have made a horse into a Senator, so your concerns may be well-founded if Obama gets in.

Then again, we have many Senators who already are the rear half of a horse, so a full conversion may happen at any time.

[mlocher]

Isn’t there a residency requirement, or am I showing my age?

Apparently, anyone that either owns a park bench or can claim squatters' rights is a resident in Ohio.

[pabianice]

Appointed by Clinton in 1996.

[dforest]

I reside at Cardboard Box #3 at Cleveland overpass at exit 19. So?

Unreal. Maybe if I vote Obama I can move up to a cardboard duplex.

[gkline1954]

“must be a clinton appointee”

Yes...he is.

[1035rep]

Apparently, anyone that either owns a park bench or can claim squatters' rights is a resident in Ohio.

They still need ID to vote.

However, we need to remember this for the next election.   We can all play that game:)

[mlocher]

The Roman Emperor Caligula was supposed to have made a horse into a Senator, so your concerns may be well-founded if Obama gets in.

Using the words Caligula and Obama in the same sentence is...............so natural.

[mlocher]

However, we need to remember this for the next election. We can all play that game:)

Yes indeed. I will spread the word at the suburban high schools that we are paying $2 per park bench delivered by Nov 1.

[Jazz1968]

Court sponsored fraud.