Supreme Court Deals Blow To GOP Suppression Tactic
WASHINGTON -
The Supreme Court sided Friday with Ohio's top elections official in a dispute with the state Republican Party over voter registrations.
The justices overruled a federal appeals court that had ordered Ohio's top elections official to do more to help counties verify voter eligibility.
Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, a Democrat, faced a deadline of Friday to set up a system to provide local officials with names of newly registered voters whose driver's license numbers or Social Security numbers on voter registration forms don't match records in other government databases. High court rejects GOP in Ohio voting dispute - Decision '08 - MSNBC.com
Had
Joe the Plumber been a newly registered voter, the GOP plan would prohibit him from voting in a standard fashion at the polls:
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