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To: SiouxPal who wrote (63411)	10/27/2004 9:53:59 PM
From: T L Comiskey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

Ohio Voter Registration Hearings Halted 14 minutes ago By JOHN NOLAN, Associated Press Writer CINCINNATI - A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily stopped hearings on Republican challenges of thousands of voter registrations, ruling in favor of Democrats who alleged the challenges were an attempt to keep legitimate votes from being counted. U.S. District Judge Susan Dlott ruled that six county elections boards should stop hearings scheduled this week in Ohio, a hotly contested state for Tuesday's presidential election. The Republicans challenged as many as 35,000 registrations after mail came back undelivered, saying they could be fraudulent. About half the challenges were filed in Democrat-heavy Cuyahoga County, which includes Cleveland. Democrats filed suit Tuesday requesting an order to halt the hearings that county boards of elections had scheduled to determine whether challenged voters live where they are registered and should remain on the rolls. The Democrats say the GOP is trying to keep poor and minorities, who move more often, from voting, and that the GOP is targeting new voters registered by political groups supporting Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites), the Democratic challenger to President Bush (news - web sites). Dlott, appointed by former President Clinton (news - web sites) in 1995, said her temporary order would remain in effect until further rulings in the case. She scheduled a hearing in her Cincinnati court for Friday morning. Dlott's temporary order means that there is not enough time before the election for the counties to hold the challenge hearings, said Bob Bennett, chairman of the Ohio Republican Party. Voters whose registrations are being challenged must be given three days notice of a hearing, and hearings must be held within two days of the election, Bennett said. "The Democrats were very good using the judicial process to get the result they wanted," Bennett said. Elections boards in at least 62 of 88 Ohio counties have scheduled hearings on the GOP challenges. David Sullivan, voter protection coordinator for the Ohio Democratic Party, said although Dlott's temporary order applies only to the six counties that were defendants — Franklin, Lawrence, Medina, Cuyahoga, Scioto and Trumbull — all counties should suspend hearings on the challenges. He said the party would sue any county that proceeded with hearings. "This is an important victory for all Ohio voters because it means this cynical and desperate effort by the Republican Party to prevent thousands of voters to legally cast their votes has backfired," Sullivan said. Mark Weaver, an attorney representing the Ohio Republican Party, said Dlott's order "removed important safeguards from Ohio law, and this could mean long lines and confusion on Election Day. This may force election officials to actually deal with many of these issues at the polls. It may take time to sort out who's eligible and who's not." In a separate case, a federal judge in Cleveland ruled Wednesday that the federal government should not intervene in Cuyahoga County's attempt to correct clerical errors that invalidated an estimated 11,000 voter registration cards. U.S. District Judge Paul R. Matia ruled that the elections board's procedures are reasonable in trying to correct errors, and provisional ballots served as a backstop. Voting rights groups had asked the judge to appoint a federal official to make sure voters were not turned away Tuesday because of errors that could be corrected. ___ Associated Press writers Andrew Welsh-Huggins and John McCarthy in Columbus and M.R. Kropko in Cleveland contributed to this report.

To: SiouxPal who wrote (63411)	10/27/2004 10:37:44 PM
From: Mac Con Ulaidh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

3 innings until party time! and 6 days until the biggest party! <eom>

To: SiouxPal who wrote (63411)	10/27/2004 10:45:20 PM
From: Ron	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 89467

Bush Campaign Jumps the Shark The latest accusation from the Bush campaign: Jumping to conclusions will put our citizens into danger. Here's Bush on the missing munitions: "Our military is now investigating a number of possible scenarios, including that the explosives may have been moved before our troops even arrived at the site. This investigation is important and it's ongoing, and a political candidate who jumps to conclusions without knowing the facts is not a person you want as your commander in chief." What about jumping into a war without knowing all the facts? Remember, the munitions story is really only important as part of a broader set of facts that lead one to believe that we did not invade Iraq to guard weapons or to prevent terrorists from getting at those weapons. If we had invaded for the stated reasons, we would have had the troops necessary to seal the border and secure all major weapons sites. Bush also suggested that Kerry's criticisms were denigrating to the troops. Ridiculous. This munitions issue is about the leadership, not the troops. That much is wildly obvious. Forget jumping to conclusions. This campaign may have just jumped the shark. .......................... electablog.com