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Title: Judge rules Ohio homeless voters may list park benches as addresses
Post by: Wretched Excess on October 28, 2008, 03:17:44 PM: this will help. ohio is pulling out all of the stops. the next thing a federal judge will say is that dead people can vote if they have been dead less than 5 years.

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Judge rules Ohio homeless voters may list park benches as addresses

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A federal judge in Ohio has ruled that counties must allow homeless voters to list park benches and other locations that aren't buildings as their addresses.

U.S. District Judge Edmund Sargus also ruled that provisional ballots can't be invalidated because of poll worker errors.

Monday's ruling resolved the final two pieces of a settlement between the Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless and Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner.

The coalition agreed to drop a constitutional challenge to Ohio's voter identification law until after the Nov. 4 election. In return, Brunner and the coalition agreed on procedures to verify provisional ballots across all Ohio counties.

The coalition was concerned that unequal treatment of provisional ballots would disenfranchise some voters.

Link (http://dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/10/28/ajudgerule.html?sid=101)
Title: Re: Judge rules Ohio homeless voters may list park benches as addresses
Post by: thundley4 on October 28, 2008, 03:22:44 PM: How can you register to vote without a valid mailing address? Are the mailmen now required to deliver mail to park benches?
Title: Re: Judge rules Ohio homeless voters may list park benches as addresses
Post by: Hawkgirl on October 28, 2008, 04:08:07 PM: :hammer:
Title: Re: Judge rules Ohio homeless voters may list park benches as addresses
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on October 28, 2008, 04:31:08 PM: Quote from: thundley4 on October 28, 2008, 03:22:44 PM
How can you register to vote without a valid mailing address? Are the mailmen now required to deliver mail to park benches?

Guess they'll have a hell of a time getting those ol' voter registration cards, unless the USPS lets them get sent to "General Delivery" or the homeless dude has a PO box.

:evillaugh:
Title: Re: Judge rules Ohio homeless voters may list park benches as addresses
Post by: Wretched Excess on October 28, 2008, 05:02:23 PM: Quote from: DumbAss Tanker on October 28, 2008, 04:31:08 PM
Guess they'll have a hell of a time getting those ol' voter registration cards, unless the USPS lets them get sent to "General Delivery" or the homeless dude has a PO box.

:evillaugh:

I think they are going to get one of those notorious "provisional" ballots that aren't very provisional in ohio.
Title: Re: Judge rules Ohio homeless voters may list park benches as addresses
Post by: Chris_ on October 28, 2008, 05:11:23 PM: Time to start chartering buses to O-High-O so we can DU the polls on Nov 4. [/DUmp mode] :banghead:
Title: Re: Judge rules Ohio homeless voters may list park benches as addresses
Post by: Chris on October 28, 2008, 05:24:45 PM: Quote from: thundley4 on October 28, 2008, 03:22:44 PM
How can you register to vote without a valid mailing address? Are the mailmen now required to deliver mail to park benches?

Probably safer than delivering mail in Chicago. :p
Title: Re: Judge rules Ohio homeless voters may list park benches as addresses
Post by: jtyangel on October 28, 2008, 06:14:02 PM: Wow and how does the 'esteemed' judge suppose that these individuals will be able to vote in local elections when it can't even be determined what district they are living in today? But of course we all know what judge sargus wants is to help Ohio go for Barack. The sad thing about it is that the original numbers must have been so strong for McCain here that they felt all this fraud and smoke and mirrors necessary.
Title: Re: Judge rules Ohio homeless voters may list park benches as addresses
Post by: jtyangel on October 28, 2008, 06:33:24 PM: BTW, the 'esteemed' judge's political donations from the 80's and 90's...gasp, not a one for an R and several beyond individual candidates and for the Democrat party itself:rotf: God, these people are so transparent

http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?zip=43950&last=SARGUS&first=EDMUND
Title: Re: Judge rules Ohio homeless voters may list park benches as addresses
Post by: jtyangel on October 28, 2008, 06:35:36 PM: Oh look..the judge makes sure the socialist party gets on the Ohio ballot :whatever:

http://wilderside.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/socialist-party-win-important-ballot-access-in-ohio-greens-may-be-next/
Title: Re: Judge rules Ohio homeless voters may list park benches as addresses
Post by: djones520 on October 28, 2008, 09:26:28 PM: Do homeless Americans not have the right to vote?
Title: Re: Judge rules Ohio homeless voters may list park benches as addresses
Post by: Chris_ on October 28, 2008, 09:48:57 PM: Quote from: djones520 on October 28, 2008, 09:26:28 PM
Do homeless Americans not have the right to vote?

If they can positively identify themselves as citizens and can identify their home district -- sure.

Or maybe I come drifting into your town and vote as John Q. Asshat because I can.
Title: Re: Judge rules Ohio homeless voters may list park benches as addresses
Post by: rich_t on October 28, 2008, 09:54:31 PM: It's becoming a real embarrassment to live in Ohio.
Title: Re: Judge rules Ohio homeless voters may list park benches as addresses
Post by: SaintLouieWoman on October 28, 2008, 09:59:56 PM: Quote from: freedumb2003 on October 28, 2008, 09:48:57 PM
If they can positively identify themselves as citizens and can identify their home district -- sure.

Or maybe I come drifting into your town and vote as John Q. Asshat because I can.

I suspect that's what they have in mind. Vote early, vote often from bench #9. :whatever:
Title: Re: Judge rules Ohio homeless voters may list park benches as addresses
Post by: SSG Snuggle Bunny on October 28, 2008, 10:05:25 PM: Hey kids!

Let's all go register to vote in Ohio.
Title: Re: Judge rules Ohio homeless voters may list park benches as addresses
Post by: Miss Mia on October 28, 2008, 10:07:37 PM: That's just ridiculous.
Title: Re: Judge rules Ohio homeless voters may list park benches as addresses
Post by: Lauri on October 28, 2008, 10:24:37 PM: Quote from: thundley4 on October 28, 2008, 03:22:44 PM
How can you register to vote without a valid mailing address? Are the mailmen now required to deliver mail to park benches?
beats me but there are an awful lot of admitted 'homeless' people who actively post on DU... how does that work?
Title: Re: Judge rules Ohio homeless voters may list park benches as addresses
Post by: Wretched Excess on October 28, 2008, 10:30:08 PM: the bullcrap is so deep in ohio, I wonder if it's lost before election day even gets here.
Title: Re: Judge rules Ohio homeless voters may list park benches as addresses
Post by: Chris_ on October 29, 2008, 01:33:29 AM: Quote from: Mr Snuggle Bunny on October 28, 2008, 10:05:25 PM
Hey kids!

Let's all go register to vote in Ohio.

Under as many names as we can invent! One vote for each!

Mike Hunt
Connie Lingus
Ben Dover
Paulin Atrain
Bigalow Butt
'
Title: Re: Judge rules Ohio homeless voters may list park benches as addresses
Post by: RobJohnson on October 29, 2008, 01:52:36 AM: Quote from: Miss Mia on October 28, 2008, 10:07:37 PM
That's just ridiculous.

Yup.

How many dollars were spent on this case?
Title: Re: Judge rules Ohio homeless voters may list park benches as addresses
Post by: Chris_ on October 29, 2008, 06:48:08 AM: Quote from: RobJohnson on October 29, 2008, 01:52:36 AM
Yup.

How many TAX dollars were spent on this case?
Fixt.