(Ohio) GOP crying foul over law it passed

Source: Columbus Dispatch

In trying to close a brief window that will allow simultaneous voter registration and absentee voting, Ohio Republicans are engaging in "blatant voter suppression," a leading legal expert on voting said yesterday.

"This is exactly what the law says and what it allows," said Daniel Tokaji, a professor at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. "If the Republicans are trying to close the window, they would be violating the law they wrote."

Tokaji, a frequent critic of Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, said she is "absolutely right on this one. ... It could be the best thing she's done in office."

Partisan battle lines are being drawn over Brunner's directive to county boards of elections, clarifying that state law allows a five-day overlap during which Ohioans can register to vote and vote by absentee ballot at the same time.

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do anything.But of course there are many in Ohio who will see this as dem dirty tricks!

The law seems clear enough. "Intent" matters little when not codified in the law.

wait til the DEM's take over on the national level. You can't convience me that the GOP hasn't been spying on the DEM leaders-history backs me up!

what other stuff have they passed...forgetting they may not always be in control?

sits back and waits till they start screaming for a paper trail on electronic voting machines.

You have to be really careful about what you do to opponents and the precedents you set. If you screw with the system to benefit your party, it might just come back and bite you on the ass.

Funny how they never seem to want to correct their vision.

Welcome to DU! :hi:

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