Secretary Brunner Outlines Two Lines of Attack in Fighting High Ohio Foreclosure Rates

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It appears that someone was trying to prevent people from voting if their house was in the process of foreclosure. Read more...

9/30/10
SECRETARY BRUNNER OUTLINES TWO LINES OF ATTACK IN FIGHTING HIGH OHIO FORECLOSURE RATES

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, Ohio’s chief elections officer and the state officer responsible for licensing notary publics, today issued a directive to boards of elections that foreclosures cannot be used without further investigation to disqualify voters and revealed that she has referred specific instances of notary abuse occurring at Chase Home Mortgage in Columbus and by the Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS) to a federal prosecutor for investigation.

DIRECTIVE ON VOTERS FACING FORECLOSURES: Secretary Brunner, in Directive 2010-66, instructed Ohio’s 88 county boards of elections that they may not cancel an Ohioan’s voter registration based solely on the fact that the person is involved in the foreclosure process. The filing of a foreclosure action does not affect a voter’s right to vote until there is a final judgment entry, including the passage of at least 30 days from the date of the entry because of the right of appeal, and verification that the person no longer resides at the property. Ohio continues to experience high residential foreclosure rates.

Those who lose their homes because of foreclosure may wait until Election Day to update their address. Boards are instructed in the directive how to help voters displaced because of foreclosure, based on whether they move (1) within the same precinct, (2) within the same county but to a different precinct, or (3) to a different county in Ohio. Voters facing foreclosure may use their current location of residence as their residence for the purposes of voting.

lots more...
http://4closurefraud.org/2010/09/30/kaboom-referral-of-chase-home-mortgage-and-mortgage-electronic-registration-systems-inc-to-federal-prosecutor/

direct link to letter
http://www.scribd.com/doc/38478473/Jennifer-Brunner-Ohio-Secretary-of-State-Referral-Letter-to-U-S-District-Attorney-Steven-Dettelbach-RE-Foreclosure-Fraud