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Advocacy Blog
Monday, October 30, 2006
Surefire Confusion
As the previous entry notes, if voting absentee in Ohio, providing certain identification will not be needed. However, just two days later, a judge ruled that the requirement to show identification to cast an early absentee ballot will be enforced again. With only eight days until the election, we'll see how much more confusion can be created for voters and poll workers.
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order tonight staying a lower-court ruling from last week that had put the ID provision on hold. That means county boards of elections, which had been telling voters late last week that they didn't need ID to cast an absentee ballot, must start requiring an ID again today.
The Columbus Dispatch has the story.
Posted by Amanda Adams
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