Judge rules Ohio voters can cast ballots at wrong polling place

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OHN SEEWER, Associated Press Writer
Thursday, October 14, 2004
(10-14) 12:02 PDT TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) --

In a victory for the Democrats, a federal judge ruled Thursday that Ohio voters who show up at the wrong polling place on Election Day can still cast ballots as long as they are in the county where they are registered.

U.S. District Judge James Carr blocked a directive from Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell, a Republican, who recently announced that poll workers must send voters to their correct precinct.

The judge said voters who show up at the wrong polling place after moving without notifying the elections board, and those whose names cannot be found on the registration rolls, should be able to cast provisional ballots there.

Denying any voter the right to a provisional vote will erode confidence in the election and lessen the incentive to vote, the judge said.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/10/14/politics1404EDT0597.DTL

[PROGRESSIVE1]

1. YES!!!!!!!!!

:D

[cthrumatrix]

2. makes sense...