Sign the Ohio 80lb. Paper Petition

[reprehensor]

ACT4VICTORY.org

Desperation and 80 Pound Paper Stock in Ohio

With only a few days left before the registration deadline here in Ohio, Secretary of State Ken Blackwell is trying to bar thousands of newly registered voters from the polls.

Citing an arcane ruling that requires voter registration cards be printed on 80 pound stock paper, Blackwell is threatening to void registrations submitted on a lighter weight paper, demanding they re-apply. There is no time to reapply and thousands of voters could be left off the rolls.

This is not only unethical, it’s illegal. The 14th Amendment grants every citizen the right to vote—regardless of race, gender, creed, or paper stock.

Republicans in Ohio are scared—with good reason—ACT’s Get-Out-the-Vote effort is working --in Ohio we’re out-registering Republicans by 10 to 1.

Sign the petition, and then sign up to volunteer with ACT in a swing state. Be part of the winning strategy.

SIGN THE PETITION

Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell
Members of the Ohio Controlling Board
Columbus, Ohio

We, the undersigned, in the name of democracy, demand that you immediately revoke your mandate that all voter registration applications be printed on 80 pound stock paper. This ruling is a flagrant violation of US Code, and disenfranchises thousands of newly registered voters.

In accordance with Title 42 Chapter 20 Subchapter I Section 1971 of US Code, “No person acting under color of law shall...deny the right of any individual to vote in any election because of an error or omission on any record or paper relating to any application, registration, or other act requisite to voting, if such error or omission is not material in determining whether such individual is qualified under State law to vote in such election.”

[Mojambo]

1. Done.

And passed along.

[cheshire]

2. I did and thanks for posting this, you did a better job than I would have.

[The Backlash Cometh]

3. Jolly good.

[against all enemies]

4. Has this been brought to court as a violation of the U.S. code?

petition signed

[ohioan]

10. There's no legal basis to bring a suit right now.

[moondust]

5. Done.

Thanks.

[Pachamama]

6. Signed it and passed it on to 10 family & friends..actual link to petition

http://act04.org/paperstock


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[wtmusic]

7. kick n/t

[canuckybee]

8. I signed, but

when I filled in the form to forward the petition to others I got a message saying I had exceeded the number of emails I was allowed to send per day.

[Qutzupalotl]

9. That happened to me, too.

Wassup?
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[newyawker99]

11. kick

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[henslee]

12. I want to know what elected Ohio officials are behind him on this?!!h

GRrrr.

[robo]

13. DONE

Good job , hope it works

[reprehensor]

14. bump

[ArnoldLayne]

15. done

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