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Counties ignoring order for voter registration on heavy paper
Associated Press

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But elections board directors in Hamilton County in Cincinnati and Summit County in Akron say Blackwell's reminder has not caused any problems . . . Blackwell, a Republican, says boards should accept all forms and register voters, then send voters the proper card - printed by the county board - to fill out for the permanent record.

"We're not the paperweight police, we're not going to physically inspect every voter registration form at the boards of elections," Blackwell spokesman Carlo LoParo said.

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Some boards, which have long accepted voter registration cards on a variety of paper, are just ignoring Blackwell's order. If a form isn't on the proper card stock, they say, they simply tape or paste it to the official card for storage . . . In Trumbull County, elections board director Norma Williams said her budget wouldn't allow for the expense of mailing a second card to voters to fill out. "If we've got everything we need and the person is registered and we've attached it to our card, we're in good shape," said Williams, a Republican. "We felt the way we were doing it was perfectly fine and we weren't going to change."

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Summit County elections officials typically send the underweight cards back to voters along with the proper card and ask them to register again. But with the registration deadline approaching Oct. 4, the elections board is registering people regardless of the form, then asking people to submit a second form on the proper card, said director Bryan Williams, a Republican. "We believe that allows us to comply completely with the directive while at the same time not sacrificing anyone's right to vote because they didn't have access to 80-pound card stock," he said.

http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/politics/9783213.htm