Posted on 10/28/2008 6:25:39 PM PDT by AlwaysMsBHaven
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.
Monday's ruling resolved the final two pieces of a settlement between the Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless and Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner.
The coalition agreed to drop a constitutional challenge to Ohio's voter identification law until after the Nov. 4 election. In return, Brunner and the coalition agreed on procedures to verify provisional ballots across all Ohio counties.
The coalition was concerned that unequal treatment of provisional ballots would disenfranchise some voters.
lol our country has lost it or we lost the country.
“How is this possible?”
It’s easy....Bush didn’t take out the dems when he had the chance.
So now we pay the price.
Search first, then worry about bums on benches...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;q=quick;s=benches
Clinton appointee
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
You are only the messenger. The message SUCKS! Welcome to FR, carry on.
Exactly.
How does one do that, to be precise?
Welfare issues the homeless GPS unit now?
I am not sure about park benches as addresses but there should be a system for people without homes to be able to vote.
Well there you go guys, list another address as under the bridge, near the train station and you can vote again.
Well there you go guys, list another address as under the bridge, near the train station and you can vote again. After all you wont need id for it, and tramps dont have anything to prove who they are, so go vote in your nice clothes, then put some rags on and do it again.
A Democrat from Wheeling, WV. No more questions. That explains it all.
What the haich kind of “judge” is this
Welcome to FR!
It’s actually a good call by the judge, in my opinion. The right to vote is not dependent on property. I don’t think the homeless will make intelligent voters, for the most part, but that’s beside the point. Voting is a right.
The best way to do it, is to make them register at the local homeless shelter but to be honest, i think most homeless people couldnt give a damn about voting, i think have more things to worry about and the only thing that would happen is that it would leave them open to their vote being bought.
Welcome to the “living constitution.”
Just ask their frickin name and social and require they have been in the state for 30 days and they have voted no where else for pete’s sake.
That does it! I’m going over to Ohio & I’m going to vote 10 times!
This activism by ACORN has been in full force signing up transient voters. That is the politically correct term for homeless people.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jNpDn7t8QzwKUyyYpmQ4-av_1-SAD927MR0O0
More homeless people expected to vote this fall
The voter registration forms have been addressed to soup kitchens and cross roads of parks that the homeless frequent.
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