Tea party groups work to remove names from Ohio voter rolls

The Los Angeles Times ^ | September 26, 2012, 6:35 p.m. | Michael Finnegan

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Lori Monroe, a 40-year-old Democrat who lives in central Ohio, was startled a few weeks ago to open a letter that said a stranger was challenging her right to vote in the presidential election.

Monroe, who was recovering from cancer surgery, called the local election board to protest. A local tea party leader was trying to strike Monroe from the voter rolls for a reason that made no sense: Her apartment building in Lancaster was listed as a commercial property.

"I'm like, really? Seriously?" Monroe said. "I've lived here seven years, and now I'm getting challenged?"

Monroe's is one of at least 2,100 names that tea party groups have sought to remove from Ohio's voter rosters. …

[Yardstick]

I see what you did there, Uncle ZOTbait.

[Milt3726]

That will be the big excuse from the media when Romney wins, that those Tea Party types and Republicans disenfranchised the Democrat voters.

[qman]

Poor sad and pathetic Lori Monroe, cancer patient can’t be bothered to sign a form and send it back to the registrar in her city. I wonder how many Lori Monroes the L.A. Times had to troll through to find the most simpothetic and pathetic Lori Monroe. I wonder if Lori Monroe calls the L.A. Times when her proprerty tax bill comes in the mail, or does she write a check and put it in the mail?