Thursday, October 16, 2008

Ohio Democrat Sec of State balks at federal voter fraud order

After a federal judge ruled that Ohio's Democrat Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner had violated federal election law and ruled for a review of possible voter fraud registrations, breaking news today is that Ms. Brunner has filed to block that request. She has appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court challenging the lower court ruling that ordered a review of questionable voter registration forms.

The ruling was originally ordered because of discrepancies in the voter rolls:
Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner estimated that an initial review found that about 200,000 newly registered voters reported information that did not match motor-vehicle or Social Security records, Brunner spokesman Kevin Kidder said. Some discrepancies could be as simple as a misspelling, while others could be more significant.

The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati sided with the Ohio Republican Party on Tuesday and ordered Brunner to set up a system that provides those names to county elections boards. The GOP contends the information will help prevent fraud.
Time is running out. This needs to be settled. Why is Ms. Brunner not willing to clear up any questions of voter fraud?

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