Courtesy of Jeannine Lonardo:

Voters Bill of Rights

Hello Everyone,

Urgent action is needed today to reverse a ruling by Secretary of State Blackwell that voter registration cards must be printed on 80 pound paper stock. Blackwell is demanding that anyone who registered on other than 80 pound stock should re-register! Please call the Secretary of State’s office right now and demand that he reverse this ruling!!! The number is: 1-877-767-6446. Or, 614-466-2585.

Background: Secretary of State Blackwell is using an old requirement that is no longer necessary. The 80 pound stock rule was established because many boards of elections kept a person’s voting record on those cards for years. It was one way to check signatures to combat voter fraud and to verify petitions. Now, however, most boards use computers to scan a person’s signature and no longer record a person’s voting history on the cards. Even Board of Elections officials in Montgomery and other counties are protesting this latest ruling.

Furthermore, anyone can print out a registration form using the internet at the federal Elections Assistance Agency site. According to the Dayton Daily News, Secretary of State Blackwell has said that form must be accepted by Ohio boards regardless of what it is printed on. So what is the point of Blackwell now demanding that all other registrations be on 80 pound stock?

There is no practical way that this ruling can be carried out. There is not enough time left before the close of registration on Oct. 5 for everyone who reegistered on less than 80 pound stock to re-register. If Secretary of State Blackwell’s ruling stands and is somehow implemented, thousands of Ohio voters will be disenfranchised! For the Secretary of State to issue such a ruling at this 11th hour is an

outrage!

Please act now to pressure the Secretary of State to reverse this ruling and to protect the voting rights of all Ohio citizens! If you can’t get your call through because the lines are jammed with calls, you can e-mail the SOS at
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But please keep trying to get through by phone!

Thank you.

The Greater Cleveland Voter Registraion Coalition

(OHIO VOTERS’ BILL OF RIGHTS)

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