Oct 16, 2008

Ohio Republicans want a repeat of 2004

Scared of what looks to be an Obama landslide, desperate Republicans in Ohio are trying to deny the voting rights of 200,000 newly registered voters because of no-matches. Meaning that the identification they gave on the voter registration forms (Driver's License Number or Social Security Number) did not match their name on government databases. Most of the time this is because of typos when a person's information is entered in to the databases.

Republicans are harping on the case of voter fraud because of recent findings showing that ACORN, who have people get paid by the signature to register voters, has been a big source of no matches in different states. The same type of thing is happening in FL, but it has been proven that many of the people found no matches were because of typos when their information was entered by government employees.

I have no doubt there are probably a many new Jimmy Johns and Ronald McDonald registered near college campuses when you have people getting paid by the signature. Yet, does it really matter? The 1,000 new Jimmy Johns won't be coming out to vote because they don't exist!

This is just another ploy by the Republicans to continue to suppress and deny people their right to vote. They want to create another 2004 where thousands of people in Ohio were denied the right to vote and lead to the state going for Bush. All the more reason for everyone who is able to vote to get out and vote on Nov. 4th so that this election won't be stolen!
 
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