Ohio Court Rules for McCain-Palin on Absentee Ballots - WaPo

[steve2470]

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/10/02/ohio_court_rules_for_mccain-pa.html

The Ohio Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that disputed absentee ballot applications mailed to state voters by the McCain-Palin campaign should be accepted by local elections officials and directed State Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner to reverse her position that boards reject them.

The decision was one of several issued this week by state and federal courts over procedures that affect Ohio's early voting process.

The case was brought by two Republican voters against Brunner, a Democrat, and had become the focus of partisan wrangling in the heavily contested state.

The applications at issue in Thursday's case contain a checkbox that appears on the forms -- in addition to a signature line -- for voters to state that they are qualified to vote and request an absentee ballot. The McCain camp mailed 1 million of the forms in Ohio.

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[Supersedeas]

1. high courts and Republican candidates

[BzaDem]

2. I don't mind this.

Brunner's ruling said that any filled-out absentee ballot that didn't have a certain box checked didn't count. I don't think even she liked ruling that way, but as far as she was concerned, it was the law and she couldn't do anything about it. Now that the Ohio Supreme Court says otherwise, they can accept these absentee ballots.

I also don't think this ruling necessarily favors McCain.