Court casts doubt on Ohio voter rolls

COLUMBUS – With the nation watching not just Ohio’s voters but its voting process, Tuesday marked another tumultuous day of bitter partisan accusations over the security of Ohio’s elections – with new lawsuits, press conferences, calls for investigations and court decisions.

By the end of the day, this much was clear: Partisans on both sides differed as much on Ohio’s election apparatus as they did on the issues.

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, speaking in Toledo, told reporters that voter registration irregularities should not be used by the GOP as an excuse to keep voters from turning out on Election Day. The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) is accused of registering fake or duplicate voters in a dozen states, including Ohio.

Republican John McCain’s campaign on Tuesday said Obama should rein in ACORN’s mass registration efforts to fight voter fraud. The campaign accuses Obama of having close ties to the group.

Late in the day – in a victory for Republicans – the full Cincinnati-based 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a decision made last week by three of its members. The result: Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner must create computer programs to cross check all new voter registrations so that county boards of elections can doublecheck new registrants.

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20081014/NEWS0106/310150008

They don't go on the voter rolls because she wasn't able to check them?

She'll have the program ready and the registrations checked.

I just returned from Ohio poll worker (Dayton/Montgomery County) training this evening and this was addressed. It's OK; it'll get done.

if it was overturned by the state circuit court of appeals, the next stop would be the state supreme court.