Reply #10: OH: Social Security numbers listed (in voter lists) [View All]

[EFerrari]

Social Security numbers listed

Associated Press

COLUMBUS - Voter lists distributed by Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell's office mistakenly included the Social Security numbers of millions of Ohioans, but those who received the lists have promised to send them back, a Blackwell spokesman said Tuesday.

Voter lists routinely are given to political parties and campaigns, pollsters and others with the Social Security numbers removed.

However, one batch of 20 computer disks with the numbers was distributed instead of kept for an in-office task, said Blackwell spokesman James Lee. Blackwell is seeking the Republican nomination for governor in the May 2 primary election.

One disk was obtained by Alan Melamed, a campaign consultant in the Cleveland area. A group of numbers listed under "school district" looked familiar, so Melamed ran through the Social Security numbers of friends and family and they matched, he said.

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