Suit says Cuyahoga County board 'botched' voter registrations
Tuesday, October 26, 2004
John Caniglia
Plain Dealer The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections has botched the registrations of more than 10,000 voters, preventing them from heading to the ballot box next week, according to a lawsuit filed late Monday.
The Citizens Alliance for Secure Elections, the Alliance of Cleveland HUD Tenants and seven residents sued the board in federal court and claimed election board employees failed to enter new registrations on voter rolls, update changes sent in by voters and enter addresses correctly.
The suit wants the board to place the voters on the county rolls before the election, and it seeks to have a monitor placed on the case to help in the process.
Election officials said they had not yet seen the suit.
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The 2004 Presidential election may well be decided in Cuyahoga County. The board has received more than 344,000 voter registration forms in a county with 1,000,000 voters.