Ohio Removes Vote-Caging Possibility

Originally posted by Miller-McCune.com

Re-posted by HuffingtonPost.com, and Truthout.org both without the update.

UPDATE: Ohio removes vote-caging possibility

FRIDAY VERSION: Nearly 600,000 subject to possible caging in Ohio

BY DAVID ROSENFELD

O hio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner took decisive action on Friday to clarify and amend the state’s voter challenge law with particular aim at a contentious statewide mailer, which Miller-McCune.com reported Friday, the same day the notices went out and Brunner issued her directive. (The original Miller-McCune.com story, which appeared under the headline “Nearly 600,000 Subject to Possible Caging in Ohio,” appears below.)

In the Sept. 5 directive to county boards of elections, Brunner said that no voter shall lose the right to vote based solely on the state’s 60-day non-forwarded notice having returned to election officials as non-deliverable. Voter rights advocates worry that the returned notices would give Republicans the means to level mass challenges against thousands of Ohio voters similar to what occurred in 2004.

Full story at Miller-McCune.com

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