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Ohio Republicans Launch Another Voter-Fraud Challenge, 2:30 p.m. E.T. The Ohio Republican Party (ORP) this morning added another chapter to the ongoing legal saga here over its fears of voter fraud. The ORP's latest complaint against Ohio secretary of state Jennifer Brunner, filed in U.S. District Court for Southern Ohio, alleges that the rules governing provisional ballots are so vague that each of Ohio's 88 counties could end up treating those votes differently - and be subject to violations of numerous federal equal-protection and election laws...
...Oddly, this amended complaint puts the ORP in the same boat as the Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless (NEOCH), a left-leaning advocacy group that in 2006 made similar claims about provisional ballots against the secretary of state. Ten days ago, Brunner settled the case with NEOCH by issuing directives on when and how to count provisional ballots...
...does not appear correctly on election rolls. (If the information later checks out, their votes count; if not, the votes are discounted.) Until recently, each of Ohio's 88 counties counted provisional ballots differently. The Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless won a lawsuit forcing Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner to impose consistent rules statewide. But because the ruling came just two weeks ago, insiders worry that the disorder may not be cleared up in time. "It's still a mess," says Caroline Gentry, a lawyer for the coalition. "If it's a close election, I do think there will...
...weather has been truly terrible all across Ohio today, with ice storms in Cleveland, driving rain in Columbus and flooding across the southern part of state. Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner is working with election officials across the state to assure that polling places stay open and accessible, Strickland said...
...Neal Brunner MOUNT HOREB...