Sunday, November 02, 2008
Voting in Ohio - What is this all about?
Some of the things I've read about voting in Ohio, and in fact, many other places sound unbelievable.
Now, this just sounds crazy...
Now, this just sounds crazy...
In Athens, Ohio, Jesse Hathaway writes in "thepost":
"Since I last covered this issue, the Ohio Secretary of State’s office has declared that poll workers “may not challenge a voter on Election Day” if the 'information provided by the person' doesn’t match the 'records maintained by the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles (including data originally obtained from the Social Security Administration database).' In other words, if people were to go to Baker Center and try to vote under false pretenses, there’s nothing anyone can do to stop them. The same goes for absentee ballots; if people turn in absentee ballots with faked addresses or names, it’s now forbidden for Ohio boards of election or other interested parties to challenge those ballots. Is this the ultimate expression of universal suffrage: granting all people the right to vote, regardless if they are real or imaginary?"
