BREAKING: Court forces Ohio to allow most illegally purged voters to cast ballots

[RandySF]

A federal district court ruled Wednesday night that Ohio must allow most of the voters illegally purged from the rolls to vote in this year’s presidential election using provisional ballots.

“ If those who were unlawfully removed from the voter rolls are not allowed to vote, then the Secretary of State is continuing to to disenfranchise voters in violation of federal law,” Judge George Smith warned.

Though the state’s Republican leaders had argued last week that they should only have to restore the voting rights of those purged last year and those who haven’t moved since they last registered to vote, the court’s order is much broader.

Now, anyone purged since 2011 as well as anyone who has moved within the same county will be able vote.

“Moving down the street shouldn’t mean someone’s vote is thrown away,” Mike Brickner with the American Civil Liberties Union told ThinkProgress.

Additionally, the state has to send notification to any purged voter who requested an absentee ballot that they may vote in person using a provisional ballot either early or on Election Day.


https://thinkprogress.org/breaking-court-forces-ohio-to-allow-most-illegally-purged-voters-to-cast-ballots-ae4e5d50ae63#.uvtsv5jcc

[Cha]

1. YEAH!

Thank you!

[DFW]

2. If even ONE Ohio voter is disenfranchised on orders of the Ohio SoS

Then I say the guy should be jailed for the maximum period for election tampering.

Arrested, led way in handcuffs on the evening news, the whole nine yards. What Kenneth Blackwell SHOULD have gotten in 2004.

[randome]

3. Such a rigged system when the courts rule in favor of Democratic ideals.

What's next? Democrats get to vote in the Presidential election?
[hr][font color="blue"][center]A 90% chance of rain means the same as a 10% chance:
It might rain and it might not.[/center][/font][hr]

[hedda_foil]

4. So they can vote on provisional ballots that never get counted?

[onecaliberal]

5. Exactly! They're pacifying these folks with a "vote" that will never count.

[mopinko]

6. damn. it's beginning to look like we will have a fair election.

wont that be interesting. we will be able to compare some totals w obama numbers, and see what the suppression has meant.

we gonna be blue all over!

[Princess Turandot]

7. Poor Republicans! Even a *Reagan* appointed judge won't cut them a break...

Sad!