Ohio Election Officials Brace for Early Voting

[joewicker_TX]

Source: AP Reporter Thomas J. Sheeran

CLEVELAND (AP) — Voters began casting absentee ballots Tuesday to take advantage of a disputed early voting law in this crucial swing state.

A day after the Ohio Supreme Court and two separate federal judges cleared the way for voting to begin, five people were waiting at the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections when doors opened at 8:30 a.m.

Two of the people in line said they were voting for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, including John Fuller, 73, a retired hospital orderly from Cleveland. Fuller said voting early would allow him to work on Election Day helping others get out and vote.



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And so it begins. These rulings were a major victory for the Dems and will hopefully put Ohio in the win catgory.

[torbird]

1. Gee, I wonder who will vote early?

DEMOCRATS. Who thinks the machines are rigged? Who keeps getting screwed on election day by long lines, broken machines, incompetent or obstructionist poll workers?

This is great news for us!

[Raster]

2. You GO, Ohio! And speaking of electoral fraud in Ohio, what of J. Kenneth Blackwell?

Under which rock is that low-life bastard hiding? And how long before a judge and jury put his oh-so-deserving ass in prison?

Wake Up, America!:We Can Do Better!

[Frances]

4. Blackwell was on Fox news today talking about

the integrity of the Ohio elections being at risk because of early registration & voting at the same time

(I saw this when I was channel surfing.)

[4lbs]

3. Now the Obama Campaign and the Democratic Sectretary-of-State of Ohio...

need to make sure that those absentee ballots are actually counted.

[Berry Cool]

5. I trust Jennifer Brunner will make sure it happens.

She's been great so far about cleaning up Blackwell's mess.