All found themselves on the receiving end of 11th-hour challenges by the Ohio Republican Party to their registration status, challenges in flux after a federal judge Wednesday temporarily stopped hearings on thousands of voter registrations.
“My vote has to be counted,” said Mary Sullivan, who spent two months at a homeless shelter in Columbus this past summer when she registered to vote. “Just because you’re homeless doesn’t mean you’re stupid.”
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Republicans challenged 35,000 voter registrations after mail came back undelivered, saying they could be fraudulent registrations produced by soft money groups supporting John Kerry. Democrats say the GOP is trying to keep poor and minorities, who move more often, from voting.
U.S. District Judge Susan Dlott ruled Wednesday that six county election boards should stop hearings scheduled this week. Two of the counties, Cuyahoga and Franklin, account for most of the remaining GOP challenges.
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