Ohio's voters at risk?

"ACLU Asks Court To Allow All Ohio Registered Voters Access To Absentee Ballots (9/25/2008)"

A new federal lawsuit has been filed in northern Ohio in Madision County about the use of absentee ballots in the county.

See a copy of the complaint

Concern About Voting Ballots in Ohio

Back on December 17, 2007 Ohio Secretary of State, Jennifer Brunner, shared her concern about the voting ballots in the state and issued a report about the "shortcomings" of the states voting system.

Stewart v. Blackwell -- a case that occured after the 2000 Presidential Election, involved problems with voting methods: " punch-card and optical scanning and/or touch screen systems arbitrarily deprive voters of the equal protection of the law and the right to due process" according to the ACLU. The ACLU of Ohio won this case

At a meeting for the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections' in December, the ACLU attorney suggested that specific technology could cause problems with lost ballots "due to overvoting and undervoting, particularly in communities with high numbers of people of color"

Check out the front page!

This week on front homepage to the ACLU an interesting proposal is made:
"ACLU Campaign Asks Voters to Vote Constitution First "

Backgrounder

ACLU-- The American Civil Liberties Union

• According to the ACLU website, the organization attempts to protect these rights:

First Amendment rights - freedom of speech, association and assembly; freedom of the press, and freedom of religion, right to equal protection under the law - equal treatment regardless of race, sex, religion or national origin, right to due process - fair treatment by the government whenever the loss of your liberty or property is at stake, and right to privacy - freedom from unwarranted government intrusion into your personal and private affairs

• Major Issues of the ACLU to name a couple are: The Patriot Act, Affirmative Action, Crosses in Federal Cemeteries, Ballot Access, Motor Voter Law, Campaign Financing Reform, Election Reform, Felon Enfranchisement, and Minority Voting Rights
• Major Advocates: Civil Liberty Activists
  Kurt Vonnegut, author
  Michael Dukakis, Democratic former Governor of Massachusetts
• The ACLU’s 2007 Financial Statement