Reply #11: If I were that Secretary of State from Ohio here's what I would do... [View All]

[LynneSin]

One of the biggest issues with Ohio in 2004 was the lack of equipment in urban areas like Cleveland. This created long lines that frustrated voters and gave ample opportunities for voter harassment from the republicans which ultimately turned away a big chunk of predominantly democratic voting people.

I'm hoping that somewhere in storage, Ohio still has their old punchcard ballot machines. I would bring those out of storage and use them all in urban areas of Ohio - Cleveland. Columbus, Cincinnati, Toledo, Akron, Canton and Youngstown (I probalby missed a few). I would make sure that they have large polling areas setup and have plenty of machines available at each polling location from the punchcard machines.

Then all those diebolds can go into the suburban & rural parts of the state that would probably vote republican anyways.

Then sometime before 2012 you get rid of those Diebolds and sue the company for fault machines and go back to punchcards.