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Red flags on voter records may lead to nothing Tuesday, October 7, 2008 3:02 AM By Mark Niquette THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH DispatchPolitics After new voters in Ohio provide a driver's license number or part of their Social Security number to register, an automatic computer check is done to determine whether that information matches existing state or federal records. But when the numbers don't match, what happens? Virtually nothing. The lack of follow-through has become the latest legal dispute between Democratic Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner and Republicans, especially with Ohioans able to register to vote and immediately cast an absentee...

Republicans sue Brunner over voting observers Friday, October 3, 2008 4:27 PM By Mark Niquette THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Republicans filed a new lawsuit today in the Ohio Supreme Court against Democratic Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, this time challenging her position not to allow observers at in-person absentee voting sites. The lawsuit was filed this afternoon by former Franklin County Commissioner Dewey Stokes, who said he was turned away as an observer today. It is the latest in a series of lawsuits over disputes about absentee voting in Ohio. Brunner has advised county elections boards that because the legislature specifically...

GOP wins one: Ohio ordered to accept McCain absentee ballot applications Posted by Reginald Fields October 02, 2008 15:13PM Categories: Real Time News The Ohio Supreme Court today ordered Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner to accept absentee ballot applications that do not contain a checked box indicating the person is a qualified elector. The applications were mailed to registered Ohio voters by the presidential campaign of Republican Sen. John McCain. But thousands have been returned without a checkmark in a box stating the requester is qualified to vote in Ohio. Brunner, a Democrat, issued a directive last month telling county...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — For weeks, the Ohio GOP accused the state's Democratic elections chief of interpreting early voting law to benefit her own party in a crucial swing state. But the Republican-dominated Ohio Supreme Court decided on Monday that Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner was following the law when she ruled there is a six-day window in which voters can register and vote at the same time. The decision — also backed by two separate federal judges — means election officials are preparing for the rush of early voting Tuesday, the first day absentee ballots are accepted in advance...

Republicans bumped from election posts in recent weeks say Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner is carrying out a partisan campaign to get rid of dissenters. They say they were removed for disagreeing with her viewpoints. They wonder if party affiliation played a role. But in an interview on Thursday, Brunner, a Democrat, said her decisions were justified and not politically influenced. Brunner, who replaced Republican Ken Blackwell last year, likened the situation to the early 1990s, when Democrats clung to their fading influence as the Ohio GOP gained power. "This is what's happening here," she said. An election law expert...

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April/May 2000 In This Issue From the EditorThe Arab/Muslim Nazi ConnectionOld Man and the SeaIDF Leaving Lebanon After Assad Sinks Golan DealOslo in a RutSchedule Revised, But Same Old Issues Plague Israel-PA TalksMixing Faith And PoliticsIsrael, PA Court Pope During Holy Land TourViewpoint - Les Enfants TerriblesNews BriefsMiddle East Hourglass Top of Page Top of Page Top of Page Top of Page Top of Page Top of Page The Arab/Muslim Nazi Connection Left: A picture taken in 1943 of the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Haj Amin el-Husseini reviewing Bosnian-Muslim troops - a unit of the "Hanjar (Saber) Division" of...