Forgive me if this has been diaried already, however I haven't seen anything about it yet.
When will my poor state of Ohio (yes, double emphasis on "poor") ever get a break from these crazy elections? Voila, never according to our local newspaper The Enquirer:
Late in the day – in a victory for Republicans – the full Cincinnati-based 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a decision made last week by three of its members. The result: Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner must create computer programs to cross check all new voter registrations so that county boards of elections can doublecheck new registrants.
Here's what that all entails, according to the decision:
The Secretary of State will now have to verify new registrations by comparing information on them with data from the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles or the Social Security Administration.
Um...aren't we just three weeks away from an election that many are predicting record turnout? How is the SOS going to verify all of these new voters in the allotted time frame?