It appears that Ohio's Secretary of State doesn't like Republicans
very much. In fact, Jennifer Brunner has been referred to as the "most
partisan" official in the state.
That must explain why she is disqualifying thousands of Republican
votes through some arrogant chicanery that would make Mayor Daley in
Chicago proud as James Bronson of the Cincinnati Enquirer reports: *
The John McCain campaign sent out more than 1 million applications
for absentee ballots to Republicans. Each had a line at the top next
to a box: "I am a qualified elector."
Brunner sent a memo telling county election officials to reject
those applications for absentee ballots if the box was not checked.
"Failure to check the box leaves both the applicant and the board of
elections without verification that the applicant is a 'qualified
elector'," she wrote.
But that's contrary to state law and Brunner doesn't have the
authority, according to the lawsuit and an opinion from Hamilton
County's Republican Prosecutor Joe Deters.
Ohio law allows voters to request an absentee ballot on the back
of a grocery sack if they want to, as long as they include their name,
address, date of birth, signature and either a driver's license
number, last four Social Security numbers or a valid picture I.D.
There is nothing in the law about checking a box to verify a
qualified voter. The voter's signature is enough, because that's what
is checked to send ballots, said Hamilton County Clerk of Courts Greg
Hartmann, who ran against Brunner in 2006 and is now county chairman
for the McCain-Palin campaign. "It's just bald partisanship," he said.
"She's trying to disqualify likely McCain voters."
Bronson reports that Obama himself said earlier this month "I Tell You
What, It Helps in Ohio That We've Got Democrats in Charge of the
Machines." Even if it were in jest Obama knows full well that he is
playing to the paranoia of the left when it comes to Ohio and voting.
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