Reply #10: In Ohio...

[liam_laddie]

Every BoE office, 88 in OH, is connected to the SOS office by a dedicated fiber-optic line.
Hmmmm...are other states similarly equipped?

Who's to guarantee that the original data entry is correct? That is, if the data is re-typed
by a human, error can certainly occur. Or is there "translation" software which will create
a digital record from a scanned image? Is the database digital images of the original
hand-signed card? Microfilm translations? I've no idea what the techniques are. I am
just very leery of how this scrubbing is done, as well as the quality of the original record.

In Ohio, the rule is: If voters miss two quadrennial elections in a row, they are mailed a
card telling them to re-register via the card. if card is not returned (30 days?) to the county
BoE, the voter is removed. Of course, partisan clerks might choose to ignore that rule...or
scrub someone by mistake, intentional or not. There were too many voters scrubbed in the
last couple cycles to not be suspicious about the system, IMHO.