Political scandals appear to weaken the GOP in Ohio

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What does it take for some people to wake up????

Remember Ohio is the state that gave the 2004 election to the moron.

The repugs know that their shit is weak so they flipped votes last fall ..... 3 of 4 election reform
issues that were polling 65% + positive lost @ 2 to 1 and 3 to 1 margins in in areas that were carried by
dems. And now HB 3

Taft signs voter ID, other election changes into law

But it only talks about bringing an ID with you to the polls.

It mentions NOTHING about the other Soviet-style provisions:


HB3 will also delete the ability of the public to conduct meaningful audits of voting machines. Election protection activists recently forced the adoption of an auditable paper trail into the Ohio election process. In a state where virtually all ballots are cast and/or counted on electronic equipment, this cuts to the core of the ability to monitor an election's outcome. The new provision in HB3 will make the paper trail virtually meaningless.
HB3 further imposes a huge jump in the cost of forcing a recount. In 2004, the charge was $10 per precinct, with some 11,366 precincts in the state. Thus the Green and Libertarian Parties, which paid for it, had to pay somewhat more than $113,660. Now the charge will be $50 per precinct, jumping the charge to some $568,300.
Finally, and perhaps most astonishingly, HB3 eliminates the state statutes that allowed citizens to challenge the outcome of federal elections within the state. After the 2004 election, election protection advocates filed a challenge to Bush's victory. They were attacked with an official attempt to levy sanctions, and then were thwarted from an effective suit when GOP Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell locked up the state's voter records.

But HB3 would now entirely eliminate any possibility of a state-based legal challenge. The only alleged recourse for those wishing to officially question the vote count in a presidential, senatorial or US Congressional race in Ohio would have to go to the United States Congress. There will be no recourse whatsoever on the state level.