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Ohio poll worker deficits impact voting

Posted by JILL MILLER ZIMON in Politics.
Mar 4th, 2008 | Comments

You will not like what you are about to read but be prepared to hear a lot more stories like this one.

Then my wife finished [voting], and I got to go up to the table. I gave my name and they asked for my ID. I gave it to them, and the woman with the book frowned and asked if I had something with my Bexley address. I replied that I didn’t need anything with my valid Bexley address, as they had the correct address in the book, and I had a valid Ohio Driver’s License. She insisted that the addresses needed to match. I asked the woman next to her – “You know that the address on a valid Ohio License doesn’t need to match the address in the pollbook, right?” She told me that I was wrong, they had to match.

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GeorgeSorwell

Just how complicated are the rules to vote in Ohio? They should have simple rules, which could be posted in reasonably large print on the table where voters sign in.

And not just in Ohio, but everywhere.

OutOfContext

I've never had a problem. Except for having to repeat that I wanted a Democratic ballot for the hard of hearing gentleman who assumed there were only Republicans in my district.

Jillmz

I can't be sure, I'm not an authority, goodness knows, on this issue, however, I believe part of the problem has to do with challenge after challenged that has led to conflict and confusion deriving from court orders, court decisions and directives etc. coming out of the state SOS.

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