Will Foreclosures Affect Voting Rolls? Ohio Officials Worry about Voters Still Reg'd at houses lost

[Liberal_in_LA]

uh oh! :kick:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/07/06/politics/main4235328.shtml

Will Foreclosures Affect Voting Rolls?
Ohio Election Officials Worry About Voters Still Registered At Houses They've Lost

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 6, 2008

(AP) Election officials worry that the state's home foreclosure problem will pose a problem this November for voters still registered at their former address, a newspaper reported Sunday.

Voters in pivotal Ohio with outdated addresses face possible pre-election challenges and trips to multiple polling places. They also are more likely to cast provisional ballots that might not be counted.

"It's a real issue," said Daniel Tokaji, an Ohio State University law professor who specializes in elections. He wonders whether foreclosures might explain the increasing percentages of provisional votes cast between 2004 and Ohio's latest election, the presidential primary in March.

Ohio provided President Bush with an 118,000-vote victory in 2004, giving him the electoral votes he needed to win the election.

[bluestateguy]

1. Thank God Jennifer Brunner is Secretary of State

I could only imagine how badly Ken Blackwell and Bob Taft would have taken advantage of this situation for the GOP's benefit.

I am confident that Brunner and Strickland will do what has to be done to deliver Ohio's 20 electoral votes to Obama.

[Demeter]

2. In Michigan You Get One "Free Vote"

at your old address and polling place after a move.

[tekisui]

3. Thom Hartmann mentioned this yesterday.

He said millions across the country will go to vote with an address that either now says vacant or has a new homeowner. He also said that repubbies will be at the polling places trying to challenge those voting from foreclosed addresses.

More of the same voter disenfranchisement.

[madrchsod]

4. republican voters are not having their homes repo`d ?

i guess it`s best for the democrats to put some time and effort in tracking down these people in their cities,towns,and villages