Supreme Court Rules Against Republicans - Ohio
An effort to require Ohio to manually check thousands of new voter registrations before election day has been set aside by a unanimous decision from the Supreme Court of the United States.
Republicans are concerned about fraudulent registrations, but Democratic Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner says that complying with the request would be an undue burden on the system and would create confusion and inaccurate voting tallies. From The Wall Street Journal Online:
Ms. Brunner argued that many mismatches would appear for trivial reasons, such as typographical errors. She said as many as 200,000 of Ohio’s 660,000 new registrants this year could be affected. She raised concerns that thousands of voters might have to cast provisional ballots, which can require additional verification and aren’t counted until 10 days after the election.
The Republican Party alleges that activities by groups like ACORN are a threat to democracy, a sentiment reflected by John McCain and Sarah Palin:
Sen. McCain is making allegations about voter-registration fraud a centerpiece of his campaign, charging that Acorn, or the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, is trying to perpetrate fraud through its drive to register 1.3 million new voters this year. During Wednesday night’s debate, Sen. McCain said Acorn “is now on the verge of maybe perpetrating one of the greatest frauds in voter history in this country, maybe destroying the fabric of democracy.”
His running mate, Sarah Palin, kept up the attacks Friday, telling a rally near Cincinnati, “You won’t let them turn the Buckeye State into the Acorn State.”
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