Bush swoops in to interfere in Ohio election [View All]

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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-justice25-2008oct25,0,7782859.story?track=rss

Reporting from Washington -- The White House has asked the Department of Justice to look into whether 200,000 new Ohio voters must reconfirm their registration information before Nov. 4, taking up an issue that Republicans and Democrats in the battleground state have been fighting over in court for weeks.

The voter names are in dispute because their registration information conflicts with other official data.

The action comes a week after the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed a case brought by the Ohio Republican Party over the same issue. Republicans argue that the mismatches could signal fraudulent registrations; Democrats counter that eligible voters could be disqualified over minor discrepancies such as transposed numbers in an address.

President Bush on Friday asked Atty. Gen. Michael B. Mukasey to review concerns over the voters raised by House Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio).

Boehner wrote to Bush on Friday, saying that if the voters remain on the rolls without added checks, "there is a significant risk, if not a certainty, that unlawful votes will be cast and counted."

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Well, McShame, I guess the race baiting isn't working out like you thought, so in swoops your BFF to try to save your hateful hide.

You just knew he (Smirky) couldn't stay out of it. And Ohio, too.