Ohio Voters Illegally Removed From Rolls May Cast Ballots in November

[DonViejo]

By Charley Lanyon

October 19, 2016
11:49 p.m.

A U.S. district court ruled on Wednesday that voters who were illegally removed from Ohio’s voter rolls may cast provisional ballots in person during early voting or on Election Day.

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At least 846,391 Ohio voter registrations were canceled between 2010 and 2014, according to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission — and that is not counting the 88 counties that did not report all of their voter cancellations.

According to Ohio secretary of State Jon Husted, the practice of removing inactive voters from state rolls is totally nonpartisan and has been going on for decades. While a federal law known as the “Motor Voter” law prohibits states from removing voter registrations for failing to vote, the law does allow states to develop processes for removing voters whose addresses have changed.

In Ohio, voters who hadn’t voted for two years or who had officially changed their addresses were sent notices asking them to confirm or update their personal information. If the voter did not respond within four years, their registration could be cancelled.

Wednesday’s court ruling made it legal for voters whose registrations had been voided to cast a ballot in this election, either in person during early voting, or in person on Election Day itself — they will not be allowed to cast absentee ballots. Their votes will be provisional, and each voter will have their information checked against their voter registration after the election. If it turns out the voter is still living in the county where they were registered and not in jail, then their vote will be counted.

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http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/10/ohio-voters-illegally-removed-from-rolls-may-cast-ballots.html

[Thinkingabout]

1. I guess this is better than Florida removing voters because they did not have a

Vehicle in their name, like the wife getting removed because the vehicle was in the spouses name. The crazy woman in Texas was running a scam if she searched intellius at the time and you had the same name as someone else. My name only has about 100 people with the same last name but my husband's name was in two different states. She was getting donations from RWers to run her scam.

[MagickMuffin]

2. Provisional ballots are rarely counted

Their votes will be provisional, and each voter will have their information checked against their voter registration after the election. If it turns out the voter is still living in the county where they were registered and not in jail, then their vote will be counted.

By then won't the election already have been determined?