Judge Demands Ohio Provisional Ballot Answers from Husted's Office

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Voter advocates say putting the requirement on voters increases the likelihood that ballots could be wrongly rejected and have asked Marbley to hear the issue.Epstein said state law calls for voters and poll workers to share responsibility for providing the information.

The hearing was scheduled before Tuesday's election, but saw the stakes of the outcome diminish after the election ended with President Barack Obama winning the presidency and GOP candidate Mitt Romney conceding.

Some had feared the election could come down to provisional ballots cast in Ohio. Such ballots are typically cast by voters who don't have the proper ID or who cast votes in the wrong polling place.

During the hearing, Marbley told state attorneys that "Democracy dies in the dark," and said last-minute orders done late in the day seek "to avoid transparency."

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