SCOTUS rules for Dems in Ohio registrations dispute
By: teacherken
Published On: 10/17/2008 1:03:32 PM
The Supreme Court has issued a ruling that the Federal law requires the state to file any actions under the applicable Federal law. Thus, the Ohio Republican party lacked standing to file the suit which had resulted in the en banc ruling by the 6th Circuit requiring Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner to set up BY TODAY an automated verification system that would have affected about 200,000 of the 660,000 new registrations in Ohio. Brunner has argued that most of the discrepancies detected are probably the result of clerical error - like that, say, of "Joe the Plumber," whose name is wrong on his (Republican) voter records.
This probably locks down Ohio, and thus the election.
For details: here are some links:
MSNBC
AP story on Yahoo
SCOTUS Blog
Peace.
Comments
More evidence that (KathyinBlacksburg - 10/17/2008 5:26:04 PM)
"hell has frozen over." Who'd have thought?