18 January 2008

Buckeye State Controversy Over Elections - AGAIN

With all the controversy over the accuracy, adequacy (and who manufactures) electronic touch-screen voting machines in Ohio, the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections' decided to switch to old-fashioned paper ballots. Critics of vote fraud by MoveOn.org and other organizations prompted the switch to the electronic systems a few years ago, and now the powers that be

The American Civil Liberties Union takes exception to that idea and has sued, saying the plan violates the U.S. Constitution and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

It seems no matter what we do, Ohio still is in the forefront of election news even when no election has taken place.

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