Who Would Have Thought....

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Who would have thought that Ohio would become the new Florida? Lol Sorry Floridians don’t mean to poke fun but, it seems possibly this election cycle Ohio will be the cause of a lot of problems. In 2005 under the Republican ruled body of the Ohio government a law was passed to allow for “same day voting with registration”. Here is actually what the newspaper from my city wrote about it today, “If Mr. Obama wins the presidency Nov. 4 and carries Ohio in the process, at least some of the credit will have to go to Ohio's same-day voting and registering process, ironically established by the Republican-controlled Ohio General Assembly in 2005. The change in law allows Ohio voters this year for the first time to cast absentee ballots, in person or by mail, without a reason. Previous absentee balloting was available only to people in specific circumstances, such as being out of the county at the time of the vote, although generally, people were not asked to prove that they were eligible to vote absentee.” But, now, it seems that Republicans are suddenly against the law that they passed just three years ago. Here is another quote that struck me as odd, “John McClelland, a spokesman for the Ohio Republican Party, said the process doesn't have the safeguards to prevent voter fraud. "Ohio was not set up to be a same-day registration state," Mr. McClelland said. The party has accused Ms. Brunner of showing her partisan colors by not requiring boards of election to allow partisan observers, as are allowed on Election Day.” Here’s the part that really confuses me, “"Though we hear there are safeguards in place to keep these same-day registration voters somewhat separate from other ballots, we're not so sure that's happening, especially in the urban counties," he said.” Any thoughts as to why it was a good law to pass a few years back but, now that McCain is slipping in Ohio it doesn’t appear to be a good law? Do you think that it was only a good law if it was going to help the Republican Party? And, does anyone have any idea why “urban counties” are the areas that really need to be watched for voter fraud? I live in an “urban” area and I have no intention of voting more than once or doing it illegally. I think his comments were a little to general and as an Independent it’s almost an insult to us “urban” dwellers. Any thoughts, comments? http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081005/NEWS09/810050324