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Wednesday, November 01, 2006

Hamilton County absentee problems

Some Hamilton Countians who voted early using an absentee ballot are in danger of not having their votes counted because of confusion over which driver’s license number to place on the ballot.

John Williams, head of the Hamilton County Board of Elections, said “probably 60” absentee ballots have come in with the wrong number, used for identification purposes.

When returned to the Board of Elections, absentee ballots also must have on them identification in the form of either a driver’s license number or the last four digits of the voter’s Social Security Number.

But because an Ohio driver’s license has two numbers on it – one under the line entitled “License No.” and one atop the license photo, some voters were confused and placed the wrong number on their absentee ballot.

The correct driver’s license number to be placed as ID on an absentee ballot, Williams said, is the number under the heading “License No.”Because of a federal court trail now underway about counting absentee ballots, Williams said the Hamilton County Board of Elections is receiving – but not currently – scanning or counting absentee ballots.


5 Comments:

at 2:03 PM, November 01, 2006 Anonymous Anonymous said...

More Blackwell undermining the will of the voter! The only way the GOP can win is through disenfranchisement. Their motto is: by any way necessary. This should be criminal. Confusing and last minute directives are done intentionally.

 
at 2:05 PM, November 01, 2006 Anonymous Anonymous said...

Soviet Union tactics. Shame on Blackwell-only counting the ballots he wishes to accept.

 
at 2:14 PM, November 01, 2006 Anonymous Anonymous said...

I thought the latest court ruling did away with the voter ID for absentee? Anyway, if that was an issue, why wouldn't they be counted as "Provisional Ballots" as compared to not being counted at all?

 
at 2:39 PM, November 01, 2006 Anonymous Anonymous said...

Yup. Doesn't Blackwell realize he just eliminated half his votes?

 
at 7:43 PM, November 01, 2006 Anonymous Anonymous said...

The Court of Appeals overturned the ruling, and human error is not Blackwell's fault.

 
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