COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A federal judge in Ohio has ruled that counties must allow homeless voters to list park benches and other locations that aren't buildings as their addresses.
U.S. District Judge Edmund Sargus also ruled that provisional ballots can't be invalidated because of poll worker errors.
Monday's ruling resolved the final two pieces of a settlement between the Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless and Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner.
The coalition agreed to drop a constitutional challenge to Ohio's voter identification law until after the Nov. 4 election. In return, Brunner and the coalition agreed on procedures to verify provisional ballots across all Ohio counties.
The coalition was concerned that unequal treatment of provisional ballots would disenfranchise some voters.
Well, if you're going to register the homeless, where else would they be living. Can they show a utility bill tied to the park bench?
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It used to be that you had to be a male property owner to have the privilege to vote, the most sacred right in all of democracy. Today all what you need is a park bench to call home in Ohio, and if you cast an early vote for Obama in one Florida town you get a free ticket to a Jimmy Buffet concert. In Harlem the "informed voter" can cast their vote for the Obama/Palin ticket especially those who are prolife and favor victory in the Iraq war. Just ask Howard Stern. If this wasn't so serious it would be funny. I want to laugh, but somehow I can't.
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