The red flags have been raised about Republican efforts to undermine the integrity of the voting in Florida, but it appears Ohio is next. (Could it be that Florida and Ohio are hotly contested swing states? Nah....)
Shortly after The New York Times reported that Democrats are registering far more new voters in Ohio than are Republicans, it turns out that Republican Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell is calling for the rejection of many newly issued registration cards on the weighty grounds that the paper they are printed on isn't thick enough.
Susanna Siegel, who called this story to my attention, points out that you may want to contact the Democratic National Committee, to urge them to get on the ball about this.
UPDATE: More information via For the Record.
ANOTHER UPDATE: A law colleague elsewhere writes:
"I've been doing some work with the Democrats on election litigation this cycle, and I can tell you that they're definitely on the ball on these issues, particularly in states like Ohio and Florida. Instead of encouraging your readers to send angry letters to the DNC, you might want to urge them to take the more productive step of signing up with a group like the DNC's Voting Rights Institute or the nonpartisan Election Protection Coalition to use their legal training to safeguard the rights of voters on Nov. 2."
Just to clarify one thing: while there are lots of reasons to write "angry" letters to the DNC (like the right-ward push they have given to the party over the last two decades), I wasn't encouraging angry letters in this case, just letters of concern, to let the DNC know that citizens are worried about this latest Republican mischief. Happily, it appears the DNC is on the case, and my colleague elsewhere has some excellent suggestions for those with the pertinent legal expertise.
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