Ohio federal judge stops Republican vote challenges

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http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-ohio-registrations,0,5052552.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines

Ohio Voter Registration Hearings Halted

By JOHN NOLAN
Associated Press Writer

October 27, 2004, 5:58 PM EDT

CINCINNATI -- A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily stopped hearings on Republican challenges of thousands of voter registrations, ruling in favor of Democrats who alleged the challenges were an attempt to keep legitimate votes from being counted.

U.S. District Judge Susan Dlott ruled that six county elections boards should stop hearings scheduled this week in Ohio, a hotly contested state for Tuesday's presidential election.

The Republicans challenged as many as 35,000 registrations after mail came back undelivered, saying they could be fraudulent. About half the challenges were filed in Democrat-heavy Cuyahoga County, which includes Cleveland.

Democrats filed suit Tuesday requesting an order to halt the hearings that county boards of elections had scheduled to determine whether challenged voters live where they are registered and should remain on the rolls.

[henslee]

1. MOSH.

[Fluffdaddy]

2. Cool

[doni_georgia]

3. Awesome. We just have to remain vigilant

If you want to help make sure the repukes don't take away people's rights to vote, go here to volunteer
http://www.electionprotectionvolunteer.org/electionprotection/index.cfm?itemid=17943
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[LibertyorDeath]

4. We have the Rightards on the run!!

Mosh!

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5. Head an awesome argument about this on NPR

Don't know the player's names but the Dem CLEARLY and CONCISELY made the point multiple times that Democrats are fighting tooth and nail to allow registered voters the right to vote while Republicans are doing everything they can to stop citizens from voting. They Repuke on the show was stammering and defensive. It was totally awesome! MOSH!

[kostya]

6. Dems have armies of lawyers this year ready to go!