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In reply to the discussion: Dear President Obama, Glad You Won, But Can We Fix The Voting Machines Before 2016? [View all]Zorra
(27,670 posts)31. Interesting idea. I have a feeling we'll never really know, as this will never be
appropriately investigated.
Despite this fact, what is completely clear is that Ohio SOS Jon Husted is a dishonest individual who will allow, accommodate, and perpetrate, acts of illegal vote manipulation.
Federal judge rips Jon Husted for unconstitutional change to Ohio election rules
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A federal judge blasted Ohios elections chief on Tuesday, questioning his motives for setting new vote-counting rules that violated state law just days before the presidential election.
In a scathing 17-page ruling (Read the full ruling in the Document viewer below), U.S. District Judge Algenon Marbley said a directive on counting provisional ballots that Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted issued on Nov. 2 was "a flagrant violation of a state elections law" that could disenfranchise voters.
"The surreptitious manner in which the secretary went about implementing this last minute change to the election rules casts serious doubt on his protestations of good faith," Marbley wrote.
"Ohio voters reasonably expect that the secretary of Ohio will abide by the General Assemblys laws in administering a federal election," Marbley wrote. "For an executive of the state to (flout) state law in arbitrarily reassigning a poll workers statutory duty to a voter, with the result being disenfranchisement of the voter, is fundamentally unfair and constitutionally impermissible."
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A federal judge blasted Ohios elections chief on Tuesday, questioning his motives for setting new vote-counting rules that violated state law just days before the presidential election.
In a scathing 17-page ruling (Read the full ruling in the Document viewer below), U.S. District Judge Algenon Marbley said a directive on counting provisional ballots that Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted issued on Nov. 2 was "a flagrant violation of a state elections law" that could disenfranchise voters.
"The surreptitious manner in which the secretary went about implementing this last minute change to the election rules casts serious doubt on his protestations of good faith," Marbley wrote.
"Ohio voters reasonably expect that the secretary of Ohio will abide by the General Assemblys laws in administering a federal election," Marbley wrote. "For an executive of the state to (flout) state law in arbitrarily reassigning a poll workers statutory duty to a voter, with the result being disenfranchisement of the voter, is fundamentally unfair and constitutionally impermissible."

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Dear President Obama, Glad You Won, But Can We Fix The Voting Machines Before 2016? [View all]
Zorra
Nov 2012
OP
Maybe after SCOTUS regains a liberal majority, President Obama could issue and EO,
Zorra
Nov 2012
#7
I'm really exhausted with NOT talking about our inadequate and dangerous voting systems.....
northoftheborder
Nov 2012
#8
It's wonderful when I see these types of articles in noted magazines and websites but
Lint Head
Nov 2012
#3
Agreed, but using methods of communication to inform others is primary to assembling
Zorra
Nov 2012
#18
Okay. I can see that. Instead of opting for one of two possibilities, use both.
randome
Nov 2012
#12
Many highly respected experts in the field have serious problems with the machines.
Zorra
Nov 2012
#20
Bingo! Thank you! Great point! And people like Karl Rove, Ken Blackwell, Katherine Harris,
Zorra
Nov 2012
#22
Interesting idea. I have a feeling we'll never really know, as this will never be
Zorra
Nov 2012
#31
Uh-huh. You *conveniently* fail to mention that paper ballot counts cannot be manipulated en masse,
Zorra
Nov 2012
#24
I'd be happy if the feds required a certain number of machines in each precinct.
JohnnyRingo
Nov 2012
#13